Sights of River Road
Along the Mississippi River

East Baton Rouge and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana
Cycling in September and October, 2001

by Andy Deseran
LSU Sociology Professor Emeritus
(now living in Sonoma, CA)

Bayou Manchac

 

Rolled hay bales early in the morning 

 

Heading down Highway 75 (aka River Road) with the Levee on the right

 

Road signs in San Gabriel

 

St. Gabriel general store

 

Communications tower next to the general store in St. Gabriel

 

Power lines just over three miles from LSU
(indicates getting close to end of ride)

 

Barthel's General Store, established in 1890.  I occasionally would stop for a homemade sandwich.  It went out of business a few months ago.

 

Tiger Stadium on the way off the LSU campus

 

Highway 30 Truck Stop.  My turnaround point (29 miles from LSU). 
Usually stop in for a snack.

 

Some of the curious cows along the way

 

One of three rural black churches on the route

 

Another of the black churches in an area called Sunshine

 

Cemetery next to the Sunshine church

 

Iberville Parish sign

 

Large live oak tree with lots of Spanish moss

 

Another view of the live oak

 

Small cypress outbuilding among the oaks

 

Seemingly ineffective sign

 

Longwood Plantation sign (the plantation is no longer there)

 

Plaquemine ferry on the Mississippi River.  At 20 mile mark of bike ride

 

Shipyard about 1 mile from the ferry

 

River Road Restaurant, formerly a small general store,
about 1 mile from Barthel's store

 

Sign for a towing company on the river

 

Tractor in field along the levee

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