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Mile 119.2 - LBD Crescent Towing & Salvage, St. Rose Wharf

119.2 LBD Crescent Towing & Salvage, St. Rose Wharf

Mile 119.3 - LBD GNOTS - Reserve, St. Rose East Bank Fleet Mooring

119.3 LBD GNOTS - Reserve, St. Rose East Bank Fleet Mooring

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Mile 120.5 - LBD Bunge Corp North America, Destrehan Elevator Wharf

120.5 LBD Bunge Corp North America, Destrehan Elevator Wharf Bunge grain terminal bristles with 8 loading spouts and a 3,900,000 bushel capacity. 120.5 LBD ADM/Growmark Destrehan Elevator Wharf Archer Daniels Midland grain terminal features 7 loading spouts and a 5,500,000 bushel capacity.

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Mile 120.7 - LBD ARTCO Tulane Destrehan Dry Bulk Transfer and Rose Launch Service, Destrehan Landing

120.7 LBD ARTCO Tulane Destrehan Dry Bulk Transfer and Rose Launch Service, Destrehan Landing

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Mile 120.8 - RBD Old Luling Ferry Ramp (Defunct)

120.8 RBD Old Luling Ferry Ramp (Defunct) Paddlers can locate primitive access to the town of Luling via old Ferry Landing. A small beach forms at low water levels, within a cut in an otherwise rip-rap landing. If you hit it at the right water level, you can paddle

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Mile 121.6 - RBD Hale Boggs - Luling Bridge

121.6 RBD Hale Boggs - Luling Bridge The monumental cable-stay Hale Boggs - Luling Bridge is constructed of thousands of titanic plates of 1” steel, purposely let to rust, that gives the bridge its signature color of clotted blood. I-310 crosses here from Destrehan to Luling, and making easy

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Mile 122.0 - RBD Small Dune at Luling

122 RBD Small Dune at Luling Paddlers could make landing on a small sand dune here below the town of Luling for a picnic site, or possibly camping. Dry up to 10NO gage. Or stash your vessel and climb over the levee to access the Ramada Inn behind (with a

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Mile 122.1 - RBD Bisso Towboat Co., Luling Wharf

122.1 RBD Bisso Towboat Co., Luling Wharf

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Mile 122.5 - LBD Ormand Landing and Plantation

122.5 LBD Ormand Landing and Plantation The plantation house at Ormand is believed to be one of the oldest still standing in Louisiana. Its central portion is framed in cypress timbers, mortised and pegged, and the frame filled with a mud, moss and brick mixture, lathed and stuccoed over.

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Mile 123.7 - LBD 26-Mile False Point

123.7 LBD 26-Mile False Point Kind of like the false summit on a big mountain, 26-Mile False Point surprises paddlers who think they have reached the turnaround of the big bend here only to find there is more coming! This actually happens at every point along the Lower Mississippi,

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Mile 124.4 - RBD T.T. Barge Mile 125 Barge Launch and Repair Wharf

124.4 RBD T.T. Barge Mile 125 Barge Launch and Repair Wharf Big oil and petrochem barges are constructed onshore at T.T. Barge Launch, and then set to sail via a massive dock/launching facility. This is a fascinating location. Paddlers attention might be attracted here by the

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Mile 124.5 - RBD Beverly Industries, Hahnville Aggregate Yard Wharf

124.5 RBD Beverly Industries, Hahnville Aggregate Yard Wharf