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In 2007, a seven-mile (11-km) section of the project from Leeville to Port Fourchon, including a higher bridge across Bayou Lafourche, began construction and was completed in December 2011. The next phase in the LA-1 Project looked to extend the elevated highway from within the flood gates of Golden Meadow to Port Fourchon. The final design was ...
The Cote Blanche Bridge crosses Bayou Lafourche [1] at West 79th Street in the town of Cut Off, Louisiana. Built in 1956, this steel pontoon bridge has a total length of 191.9 feet (58.5 m) with its largest span at 84 feet (26 m). The bridge deck is 18 feet (5.5 m) wide. [2] [3]
Bayou Lafourche (/ l ə ˈ f uː ʃ / lə-FOOSH [1]), originally called Chetimachas River [2] or La Fourche des Chetimaches [3] (the fork of the Chitimacha), is a 106-mile-long (171 km) [4] bayou in southeastern Louisiana, United States, that flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
2021, Ida, Cat. 4, Port Fourchon, LaFourche Parish Francine is the third hurricane to make landfall in Terrebonne Parish since 2000. Hurricane season may be heating up
The section of present LA 339 within Lafayette Parish made up all of pre-1955 State Route 680 with a small section of State Route 236 connecting it to Route 148 at the parish line. [87] LA 339 was created in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering , [ 8 ] and its route has remained the same apart from the smoothing of small sections in Lafayette.
1961: Delta Farms flooded when the levees failed. The cattle were moved up Peanut Street and across the Bayou Lafourche Bridge to land on the west side of the bayou owned by one of the cattlemen. The land was re-drained, although only a few families returned. 1971: Levee broke, flooding all the land.
The U.S. Coast Guard closed the bayou to mariners from LA 182 to the Lockport Bridge, and the FAA has implemented a No-Fly zone from LA 182 to LA 654. The Unified Command is using drones and ...
The Lafourche Parish portion is in the Lafourche Parish School District. [7] Schools in the Lafourche Parish part of the CDP include: [8] Bayou Blue Elementary School, [9] and Bayou Blue Middle School. [10] Areas in Terrebonne Parish are assigned to Terrebonne Parish School District. [11] Lafourche Parish Library operates the Bayou Blue Library ...