Port Allen, Louisiana
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Port Allen is a city in, and the parish seat of, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, it is bordered by Interstate 10 and US Highway 190. The population was 4,939 in 2020. It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.
The Old Ferry Landing at Port Allen
Henry Watkins Allen statue
The Port Allen Lock. View is to the east over the Mississippi River.
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
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The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1,300 mi (2,100 km) from Saint Marks, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas.
Leland Bowman Lock near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
The Corps of Engineers marks the Intracoastal with channel markers like this one.
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway enters Galveston Bay at Port Bolivar, Texas