U.S. | Fri Nov 21, 2014 3:51pm EST. By Laila Kearney | NEW YORK. NEW YORK New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was celebrated on Friday as an engineering marvel on the 50th anniversary of its opening, but a proposed toll increase for the longest suspension bridge in the United States put a damper on the birthday party.
Walker is a town in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,801 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally Milton Old Field, it was founded by Michael Milton. http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/livingston/history/town/walker.txt. in 1861. Walker is located at 30Â°29â²22â³N 90Â°51â²46â³W / 30.48944Â°N 90.86278Â°W / 30.48944; -90.86278 (30.489423, -90.862872).
Greater New Orleans. Lafitte, Barataria and coastal Jefferson Parish deal with flooding again. Although surge from Sunday night's storm began to slowly recede into Bayou Barataria Monday morning, south winds remained the biggest threat to keeping the lower Lafitte-Crown Point-Barataria area inundated.