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Metairie and Gentilly Ridges

City Park Ave and Moss St, New Orleans, LA, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 58' 58.5804", -90° 5' 29.184"
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First highway through this city led from lower Kenner to Chef Menteur. Mississippi River, during prehistoric days, overflowed into Lake Ponchartrain. The receding of waters created these ridges and their accompanying bayous which connected, at City Park area, with Bayou St. John.

Last updated: 7/27/2009 15:10:00
   
     
 
Metairie and Gentilly Ridges Historical Marker Location Map, New Orleans, Louisiana