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Gretna is the second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [4] [5] Gretna lies on the west bank of the Mississippi ...
Gretna Historic District is a historic district in downtown Gretna, Louisiana, United States, roughly bounded by 1st Street, Amelia Street, 9th Street, Gulf Drive, 4th Street and Huey P. Long Avenue. The 130-acre (53 ha) area comprises a total of 737 buildings and structures, of which 553 are considered contributing properties , and 4 are also ...
Louisiana Highway 466 (LA 466) runs 0.85 miles (1.37 km) in an east–west direction along 5th and Kepler Streets in Gretna from LA 18 (Lafayette Street) to LA 23 (Franklin Avenue). It is an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length.
LA 23 connects Gretna and Venice.Between Belle Chasse and Venice, the highway serves as the main road along the west bank of the Mississippi River.In Belle Chasse, the highway crosses the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway via two antiquated crossings: southbound traffic uses the 1955-vintage Belle Chasse Tunnel, a narrow crossing that does not allow passing; northbound traffic uses the 1967-vintage ...
US 90 enters Louisiana at the Texas line over the Sabine River as part of I-10. Separating at exit 4 and running parallel on the north side of I-10 through Sulphur, before rejoining I-10 east of Westlake, crossing the Calcasieu River, and again splitting from I-10 at exit 31B (running on the south side of I-10) going through Lake Charles as Fruge, West 4th, then East 4th, before leaving town.
Louisiana Highway 427 (LA 427) runs 14.57 miles (23.45 km) in a northwest to southeast direction from LA 73 in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish to a second junction with LA 73 at Hope Villa, Ascension Parish. It is a busy suburban commercial and residential thoroughfare over most of its route and almost entirely parallels I-10.
English: Map showing the boundaries of the Gretna Historic District, Louisiana, United States. The historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Boundaries are derived from the map attached to the district's National Register amended nomination form.
Before McDonoghville was established in 1815, the area was home to the Montplaisir plantation built by Jean-Charles de Pradel in 1750. De Pradel had acquired the land in 1737 from Étienne Perier who'd received it as a grant from the Company of the Indies upon becoming governor of Louisiana in 1726. [3]