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West of Leon Netterville Drive; also roughly bounded by Harding Blvd., the Mississippi River, Roosevelt Steptoe Dr. and the eastern edge of Lake Kernan, Southern University campus 30°31′23″N 91°11′52″W / 30.52318°N 91.19788°W / 30.52318; -91.19788 ( Southern University Historic
Baton Rouge, Louisiana has many historic neighborhoods, dating back as far as the early 19th century. Downtown - Baton Rouge's central business district. Spanish Town - Located between the Mississippi River and I-110, it is one of the city's more diverse neighborhoods and home to the State Capitol and the city's largest Mardi Gras Parade.
River Road in Louisiana is the most well-known segment of the Great River Road in the United States. It runs for about 70 miles (110 km) from Baton Rouge to New Orleans through the River Parishes, on both sides of the Mississippi River. Dotted on each side of the river are antebellum plantation houses.
The Horace Wilkinson Bridge (locally known as the New Bridge) is a cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 10 in Louisiana across the Mississippi River from Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish to Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish. Around the Baton Rouge metropolitan area, the bridge is more commonly known as the "New Bridge" because it is ...
Starting at an intersection with LA 415 and LA 987-3, LA 415 Spur serves the purpose of moving traffic from US 190 onto LA 415 south towards I-10 and Baton Rouge. It is signed southbound as South Spur LA 415, but is signed northbound only as Alternate Route I-10. The entire highway is in Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish.
Bayou Manchac is an 18-mile-long (29 km) [1] bayou in southeast Louisiana, USA.First called the Iberville River ("rivière d'Iberville") by its French discoverers, [2] [3] the bayou was once a very important waterway linking the Mississippi River (west end) to the Amite River (east end).
River Parishes. Ascension Parish in the north is not always considered a River Parish. Main building at "Laura" Creole plantation, in Vacherie, St. James, 2002 photograph. The River Parishes are the parishes in Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that span both banks of the Mississippi River, and are part of the larger Acadiana region ...
A racial distribution map of Baton Rouge, 2020 U.S. census. Each dot is one person: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Multiracial ⬤ Native American/Other. In the 2020 United States census, Black or African Americans made up the majority (53.55%) of the city-proper's population.