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).
Carville, Louisiana. Carville is a neighborhood of St. Gabriel in Iberville Parish in South Louisiana, located sixteen miles south of the capital city of Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River. Carville is the hometown of Democratic political consultant James Carville and was named for his grandfather, the postmaster. The National Hansen's Disease Museum in Carville records the history of the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, which for a hundred years treated leprosy (now called Hansen's disease) patients. The hospital has since been closed, but several of the buildings remain.