Metairie and Gentilly Ridges
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member TopSnipe42
N 29° 58.987 W 090° 05.462
15R E 780671 N 3320476
Metairie and Gentilly Ridges, New Orleans, LA
Waymark Code: WM3N8M
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member dh2000dh
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Metairie and Gentilly Ridges

First highway through this city led from lower Kenner to Chef Menteur. Mississippi River, during prehistoric days, overflowed into Lake Pontchartrain. The receding waters created these ridges and their accompanying bayous which connected, at City Park area, with Bayou St. John.

Erected by the Department of Commerce and Industry, 1964
Marker Name: Metairie and Gentilly Ridges

Marker Type: Roadside

What does marker relate to?: Bayou/River/Lake

Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 03/22/1964

Parish: Orleans

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