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Authorities search for possible jumper on Hale Boggs
Authorities are searching the Mississippi River area near the Hale Boggs Bridge for a person who it is feared potentially jumped from the bridge on Tuesday evening. […]
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Man paragliding near Hale Boggs has been taking to the air for nearly 40 years
Locals may have taken in an interesting sight near the Hale Boggs Bridge recently – a man flying past it, in fact. […]
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Sheriff’s Office looking for man whose truck was found on Luling bridge
The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help in locating a man reported missing whose truck was found on top of Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in Luling. […]
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DOTD: No changes to bridge despite suicides
When 47-year-old Lisa Belsom of River Ridge left her house last Wednesday, she told her father that she was going to jump off the Hale Boggs Bridge. Later, at around 8:26 p.m., witnesses reported seeing […]
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Woman reportedly jumps from bridge
The search has been suspended for a 47-year-old woman who reportedly jumped off Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge in Luling. […]
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DOTD: Fence not answer to stopping jumpers off Hale Boggs bridge
Startling police photos recently showed a Luling man jump over the railing of the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge to the Mississippi River below, but his ease at accessing the bridge isn’t “a design issue” or […]
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Body of the man who jumped off Hale Boggs Bridge is recovered
The body of a Luling man who jumped off the Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge Friday has been recovered. […]
Government
Rolling road block in both directions of Hale Boggs Bridge Saturday
There will be a rolling road block on both the southbound and northbound lanes of the Hale Boggs Bridge on Saturday from 6 a.m. until noon because a car commercial is being filmed in the area. […]
Government
Council calls for lower speed limit on bridge
After three serious wrecks on the Hale Boggs Bridge, two of which were fatalities, the parish council has asked the state Department of Transportation and Development to lower the speed limit from 70 to 60 miles per hour. […]
Government
Hale Boggs Bridge to close on Saturday, Sunday
The Department of Transportation and Development will close the Hale Boggs Bridge in both directions on Saturday and Sunday. […]
Government
Hale Boggs repair work to slow down bridge traffic for over a year
Starting Sept. 12, residents crossing the Hale Boggs Bridge will be met with a slower speed limit and possible lane closures as the state begins work to replace all of the bridge’s cables. […]