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).
Travel and Tourist Information for New Roads & Point Coupee Parish. 1  New Roads is located on Louisiana Highway 1 about 30 miles northwest of downtown Baton Rouge, and is the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish. Le Poste de Pointe CoupÃ©e (âThe Pointe Coupee Postâ) is one of the oldest communities in the Mississippi Valley, founded in the 1720s by settlers from France.