Gretna: US 90B at Lafayette Street DMS
The Mississippi River defines the setting of Gretna — the city occupies its west bank opposite New Orleans, where the broad waterway meets dense metropolitan development. US 90 Business runs through Gretna as the Westbank Expressway, connecting the community with the Crescent City Connection and the wider New Orleans area. Gretna is the seat of Jefferson Parish and was incorporated in 1913. Its street grid and commercial corridors reflect a working riverside city rather than a separate resort enclave, while established residential areas retain the scale of the West Bank’s earlier settlement. It is a useful place for understanding how metropolitan New Orleans extends beyond the river’s east bank.
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Gretna combines the close-knit scale of an older river town with the bustle of metropolitan New Orleans in a way that reflects its position on the Mississippi River’s West Bank. The seat of Jefferson Parish, it lies across the river from central New Orleans yet maintains its own downtown and civic core. The Gretna Green Blacksmith Shop, a preserved 19th-century building, recalls the trades that served this riverfront community. Gretna stands in the Louisiana lowlands, where levees and the Mississippi’s course have long shaped settlement. Browse other webcams across Louisiana and the New Orleans area to place Gretna in a wider geographic context.
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