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The Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge (also known as the Luling Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. [2] It is named for the late United States Congressman Hale Boggs. [3] With a total length of 10,699 feet (3,261 m; 2.0263 mi), it is one of the longest bridges in the world.
The Alligator Festival is an annual event held during the last weekend of September in Luling, Louisiana. It is held at the St. Charles Parish West Bank Bridge Park under the Hale Boggs Bridge. [2] The Alligator Festival has musical acts that perform at the fair. Vendors sell food and range of items such as toys, candles, clothes and jewelry.
Luling is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. The population was 11,512 at the 2000 census and 12,119 at the 2010 census. At the 2020 census, 13,716 people lived in Luling. [2] It is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Luling is part of the New Orleans—Metairie—Kenner metropolitan statistical area.
The Luling–Destrehan Ferry George Prince was struck by the Norwegian tanker SS Frosta, which was traveling upriver. The collision occurred at mile post 120.8 above Head of Passes, less than three-quarters of a mile from the construction site of the Luling Bridge which would replace the ferry seven years
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[40] [41] [42] On October 6, 1983, seven-years after the ferry disaster, the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge opened. [43] The bridge, originally named the Luling–Destrehan Bridge, connected the east bank and west bank of the parish by bridge for the first time. 1983 also saw the end of ferry service in the parish, marking the first time since the ...
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SH 80 – Luling, Nixon FM 2091 north – Palmetto State Park: west end of FM 2091 overlap FM 2091 south – Lake Wood Recreational Area: east end of FM 2091 overlap: Gonzales: US 183 / SH 97 west – Luling, Cuero: west end of SH 97 overlap: Bus. US 183 (St. Joseph Street) FM 794 north (St. Paul Street) Spur 131: SH 97 east – Waelder