Bridges Replace Ferries
 In
1976, the Luling ferry disaster claimed the lives of 78 victims
- a death toll initially thought to run as high as 100. This tragedy
spurred the effort to replace the Mississippi River ferries with
bridges. Two of those spans, the Luling Bridge and the Gramercy
Bridge, have since been completed.
A total of $50 million in funding for the third bridge - the one
to replace the ferry between New Roads and St. Francisville - was
included in the TIMED program by the Louisiana Legislature and approved
by the state's voters in 1989. TIMED is an acronym that stands for
Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development.
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