Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges is a work of art in City of New Orleans, Louisiana. Ruby Bridges is situated nearby to John Wesley United Methodist Church, as well as near the art gallery The Guardians Institute.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frederick A. Douglass High School and St. Claude Avenue Bridge.
Frederick A. Douglass High School
School
Frederick A. Douglass High School is a public high school in New Orleans, Louisiana named for Frederick A. Douglass. It is under the authority of the Orleans Parish School Board and is a part of KIPP New Orleans. Frederick A. Douglass High School is situated 4,200 feet south of Ruby Bridges.
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. St. Claude Avenue Bridge is situated 1 mile southeast of Ruby Bridges.
St. Roch Market
Food court
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The St. Roch Market is a building on the median of St. Roch Avenue facing St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans. It was built in 1875, with extensive renovations in 1937-1938 and 2012-2015. St. Roch Market is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Ruby Bridges.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 7th, 8th, and Upper 9th Wards and Bywater.
7th, 8th, and Upper 9th Wards
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The 7th 8th and Upper 9th Wards section of New Orleans is very seldom visited by anyone outside the city. It is "back of town" from the Marigny and Bywater sections.
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.
St. Roch
Neighborhood
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St. Roch is a neighborhood of the U.S. city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Bywater District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Lafreniere Street, Paris Avenue, I-610, Benefit Street, and Dahlia Walk to the north; People's and Almonaster Avenues to the east; St.
Ruby Bridges
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Category: tourism
- Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.97661° or 29° 58′ 36″ northLongitude
-90.03397° or 90° 2′ 2″ westInception
November 14th, 2014Open location code
76XFXXG8+JCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9253222786OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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