The Jackson Avenue-Gretna Ferry is a ferry

Ferry

A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

 across the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

, connecting Jackson Avenue in New Orleans with Huey P. Long Avenue in Gretna. It carries automobile

Automobile

An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...

s for $1.00; bicycles and pedestrian

Pedestrian

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s for free. The Crescent City Connection Division

Crescent City Connection Division

The Crescent City Connection Division is an agency within the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The purpose of the CCCD is to plan, construct, operate, maintain and police all Mississippi River crossings in Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Bernard Parishes...

 of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public transportation, roadways, bridges, canals, select levees, floodplain management, port facilities, commercial vehicles, and aviation which includes 69 airports, in the U.S....

 operates the ferry on weekdays from 06:00 to 20:45.

The ferry carried U.S. Highway 90

U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana

U.S. Highway 90, one of the major east–west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana for , serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City and New Orleans...

 during 1926-1928 and 1930–1937, until the Huey P. Long Bridge

Huey P. Long Bridge (Jefferson Parish)

The Huey P. Long Bridge in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, is a cantilevered steel through truss bridge that carries a two-track railroad line over the Mississippi River at mile 106.1 with two lanes of US 90 on each side of the central tracks....

 and subsequent improvements to Jefferson Highway

Jefferson Highway

The Jefferson Highway was an automobile highway stretching through the central United States from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Jefferson Highway was replaced with the new numbered US Highway system in the late 1920s...

 were completed. The original Louisiana Highway 2, at first co-signed with U.S. 90, utilized the ferry crossing until the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering

1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering

The 1955 renumbering was a renumbering of state highways which took place in Louisiana in 1955.- History :Highway numbers in Louisiana first appeared in 1921, per Act 21 of the 1921 Special Session of the Louisiana Legislature. Routes 1 through 98 were defined that year. These first 98 routes...

, followed by the modern Louisiana Highway 23

Louisiana Highway 23

Louisiana Highway 23 is a north–south state highway in Louisiana that serves Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes. It spans 74.02 miles in roughly a southeast/northwest direction. It is known locally as Belle Chasse Highway, Lafayette Street, the West Bank Expressway, and Franklin...

. The terminus of LA 23 has since been truncated to the west bank of the Mississippi River.

As of September 28, 2009 the Gretna Ferry's east bank landing shifted from Jackson Avenue to Canal Street. The Gretna Ferry will normally carry cars one-way from Gretna to Canal Street. No cars will be carried to Gretna because the landing cannot accommodate vehicles waiting for both the Gretna and Algiers ferries.

External links

• Crescent City Connection Ferries
• Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
  Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
  The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public transportation, roadways, bridges, canals, select levees, floodplain management, port facilities, commercial vehicles, and aviation which includes 69 airports, in the U.S....
  
  , Locations and Characteristics of Ferries