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River Road, Louisiana
River Road in Louisiana is the most well-known segment of the Great River Road in the United States. It runs for about from Baton Rouge to New Orleans through the River Parishes, on both sides of the Mississippi River. Dotted on each side of the river are antebellum plantation houses. Today, there are also dozens of industrial plants along the route, at site the health impacts of which have given rise to the name Cancer Alley
Cancer Alley (french: Allée du Cancer) is the regional nickname given to an stretch of land along the Missis ...
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Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bordered by the state of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans, with a population of roughly 383,000 people. Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th century Louisiana French, Dominican Creole, Spanish, French Canadian, Acadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
