Veterans Memorial Bridge

St. James Parish, Louisiana, and St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

Photos

Photo taken by Ben Tate in February 2012

BH Photo #225919

Map

Street View

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Mississippi River on LA 3213 at Gramercy
Location: St. James Parish, Louisiana, and St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1995
Design: Warren through truss
Dimensions: Total length: 3,009.0 ft. (0.6 mi.)
Deck width: 71.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 28.0 ft.
Also called: Gramercy Bridge
Saints Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +30.04569, -90.67260 (decimal degrees)
30°02'44" N, 90°40'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/724400/3326131 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Lutcher
Inventory number: BH 19107 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2015): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 63.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 12,100

Update Log

January 4, 2016: Updated by Erik Hoffman: Alternate name
October 5, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
August 1, 2013: New photos from M. D. Caillet
May 30, 2013: New photo from M. D. Caillet
February 24, 2012: New photos from Ben Tate
April 5, 2010: Updated by Cliff Darby: Added Street View

Sources

Cliff Darby - clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com
Wikipedia
Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Erik Hoffman - edh4801 [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments

Gramercy Bridge

Posted February 25, 2012, by Tom Hoffman (tehoffm [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge shows that in the mid 1990s cantalievered bridges were still being built, such as this one and two in West Virgina. Even though this design is more expensive and cannot be widened, it is extremely monumental. Although there is one being constructed between Indiana and Kentucky, I don't much approve of it replacing an unusual type of bridge and wish the situation was handled differently. A cantalievered through truss can still be built even in this day.