Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 177.0 - LBD - LBD Eighty-One Mile Point LBD >30
177 LBD Eighty-One Mile Point LBD >30 Tall Sandbar, Gravel Operations behind
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Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 194.0 - LBD - LBD Point Claire LBD >35 Huge
194 LBD Point Claire LBD >35 Huge open Sandbar
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 195.0 - LBD - LBD Bayou Goula Sandbar LBD >25
195 LBD Bayou Goula Sandbar LBD >25 Last real island on the Lower Mississippi River! Forested island with sandbars becoming exposed around 20, huge sandbars 15 or below.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 209.0 - LBD - LBD Plaquemines LBD >30 Sand &
209 LBD Plaquemines LBD >30 Sand & Gravel Bar, sand collection operation behind, drydock nearby
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 210.0 - LBD - LBD Bar above Plaquemines LBD >20
210 LBD Bar above Plaquemines LBD >20 Nice Sandbar mid channel, only exposed at medium or below.
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 214.0 - Miles 214-215: RBD
214-215 RBD Manchac Point First and best “remote” feeling camp below Baton Rouge
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 220.0 - Baton Rouge to New Orleans
220 LBD Duncan Point Human foot-traffic (fishermen) possible
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 228.3 - RBD Intercostal Waterway (Port Allen Lock & Dam)
228.3 RBD Intercostal Waterway (Port Allen Lock & Dam) The Intercostal Waterway cuts through Port Allen and heads southwestward towards Morgan City, and from there points further west along the Louisiana and then Texas coastlines. You have to lock through the levee to get to the canal. There are
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 229.0 - LBD Old Municipal Dock
229 LBD Old Municipal Dock Directly below the Glass Beach boat ramp sits an abandoned monument of crumbling concrete and graffiti. The old Baton Rouge Municipal Dock was completed in 1926 and once handled ocean going cargo with a 12 ton locomotive crane. However, by 1968 the dock was outdated
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 229.1 - LBD Glass Beach (Baton Rouge Boat Ramp)
229.1 LBD Glass Beach (Baton Rouge Boat Ramp) There is a paved public ramp just downstream from the Interstate 10 Bridge, at mile 229 on the East bank. On the maps it is labeled Baton Rouge Boat Ramp, but locals call it Glass Beach. Its banks are covered with
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 229.1 - RBD Greater Baton Rouge Dock No.1 Wharf: Community Coffee
229.1 RBD Greater Baton Rouge Dock No.1 Wharf: Community Coffee If the wind is blowing directly across the river when you are loading in or taking out at Glass Beach you might detect the distinct aroma of roasting coffee beans. This is not a delusion. Amidst all of
Vicksburg to Baton Rouge
Mile 229.3 - I-10 Highway Bridge “New Bridge”
229.3 I-10 Highway Bridge “New Bridge” Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost transcontinental highway in the American Interstate Highway System. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 (SR 1) (Pacific Coast Highway) in Santa Monica, California to I-95 in Jacksonville, Florida.