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145.4 Kaiser Bauxite For some reason bauxite (aluminum) factories like to situate themselves in the vicinity of big bridges in this stretch of the river. First we paddled by Burnside Alumina Refinery above the Sunshine Bridge, and now Kaiser Bauxite below the Grammercy Bridge. The other interesting connection is
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145.7 LBD CCI-Carbon, Gramercy Plant Coke Dock
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145.9 Gramercy Bridge (Veteran’s Memorial Bridge) The Veteran’s Memorial Gramercy Bridge carries LA State Highway 3213 over the Mississippi with a 3,101 foot long Continuous Steel Truss Through Deck. On the river, main channel traffic uses the 750 foot wide center “channel span.” Paddlers can use
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146.1 LBD Imperial Sugar, Molasses Dock
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147 Gramercy Gramercy Industrial Reach features Imperial Sugar, Gramercy Aluminum, and CCI Coke Dock, all crammed in together, with Kinder Morgan Bulk Grain Transfer and Petroleum Fuel a mile further.
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149 - 147 LBD Upper Grandview Anchorage As you leave Paulina/Poche Park you will immediately paddle into the Upper Grandview Anchorage for more weaving in and out of parked freighters, or to avoid them altogether by staying right bank or tight left bank. Directly below this anchorage your nostrils
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148.1 LBD Grandview Beach Paddlers will notice a large opening in the woods along the East Bank as they leave Poche Park and paddle into the Upper Grandview Anchorage. There is a field here above a long sandy landing with possible picnics and camping up to 12NO. The ownership
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150.1 LBD John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Paulina Wharf 149.3 LBD Paulina - Poche Park Paddler’s Paradise: great all weather, all season, all water level picnicking or camping, but contact Poche Family first about camping. Long distance paddlers have a big surprise waiting for them at Poche
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150.5 LBD St. Elmo Terminal Grain Elevator Wharf This granary was crippled by the 2011 flood. No longer in operation.
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151 LBD ARTCO Tulane Fleeting, Paulina Fleet Mooring>
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152.1 RBD Armant Repair Wharf and Fleet Mooring
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156 RBD - 152 LBD Belmont Crossing The Mississippi River makes a distinct 135-degree bend around College Point in Rich Bend in a typical blind corner. From space the shape seems to be a giant checkmark, maybe a metaphor for another checkmark in your epic adventure down the Mississippi! Monitor