Lower 9th Ward
The Lower 9th Ward is a section of New Orleans, east of the Bywater neighborhood, north of the Mississippi River, and west St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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- Type: Village with 1,270 residents
- Description: human settlement in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Also known as: “Lower Ninth Ward”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jackson Barracks and St. Claude Avenue Bridge.
Jackson Barracks
Military installation
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Jackson Barracks is the headquarters of the Louisiana National Guard. It is located in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. The base was established in 1834 and was originally known as New Orleans Barracks.
St. Claude Avenue Bridge
Bridge
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The St. Claude Avenue Bridge is a bascule bridge with four vehicular lanes over the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. The bridge was designed by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company of Chicago and built in 1919 by the Bethlehem Steel Bridge Corporation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bywater and Arabi.
Bywater
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The Bywater is a portion of New Orleans down the Mississippi River from the French Quarter and the Faubourg Marigny. Its boundaries are often debated. Most New Orleanians and the city's historic district office describe it as being bounded St.
Arabi
Village
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Arabi is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, between the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans and Chalmette within the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area.
Holy Cross
Hamlet
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Holy Cross is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Lower Ninth Ward District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St.
Lower 9th Ward
- Categories: neighborhood, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.96864° or 29° 58′ 7″ northLongitude
-90.01406° or 90° 0′ 51″ westPopulation
1,270Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
76XFXX9P+F9OpenStreetMap ID
node 897342744OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11002184Wikidata ID
Q6693664
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Lower 9th Ward” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “下九區”
- Chinese: “下九卫地区”
- Chinese: “下九衛地區”
- Dutch: “Lower Ninth Ward”
- Hebrew: “ניו אורלינס/לואר נינת‘ וורד”
- Irish: “Lower Ninth Ward”
- Japanese: “ローワー・ナインス・ワード”
- Japanese: “ローワー・ナインス”
- Japanese: “ロウワー・ナインス・ワード”
- Japanese: “ロウワー・ナインス”
- Persian: “لوور ناینت وارد”
- South Azerbaijani: “لوور ناینت وارد”
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