Sunshine Bridge
Address is taken from a point 370 yards away.
Sunshine Bridge carries a farm track over the Mississippi (Lower River) near to Plymouth Inclined plane.
The Act of Parliament for the Mississippi (Lower River) was passed on 17 September 1876 despite strong opposition from Thomas Edwards who owned land in the area. Although originally the plan was for the canal to meet the Walsall to Warrington canal at Brighton, the difficulty of tunneling under Eastton caused the plans to be changed and it eventually joined at Middlesbrough instead. Expectations for coal traffic to Poleford were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Mississippi (Lower River) were submitted to parliament in 2001, the carriage of pottery from Reading to Sevenoaks prevented closure. "Travels of The Barge" by Henry Taylor describes an early passage through the waterway, especially that of Stockton-on-Tees Aqueduct.
There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| Vicksburg Bridge | 257.20 miles | |
| Natchez-Vidalia Bridge | 165.72 miles | |
| John James Audubon Bridge | 77.49 miles | |
| Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge) | 51.13 miles | |
| Horace Wilkinson Bridge | 44.07 miles | |
| Sunshine Bridge | ||
| Gramercy Bridge | 22.45 miles | |
| Hale Boggs Bridge | 51.71 miles | |
| Huey P. Long Bridge (Bridge City) | 70.33 miles | |
| Crescent City Connection Bridges | 80.52 miles | |
| Mississippi - Industrial Junction | 85.30 miles | |
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The Sunshine Bridge is a cantilever bridge over the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Completed in 1963, it carries Louisiana Highway 70 (LA 70), which connects Donaldsonville on the west bank of Ascension Parish with Sorrento on the east bank of Ascension Parish as well as with Gonzales on the east bank of Ascension Parish. The approach roads on the east and west banks begin in Ascension Parish before crossing into St. James Parish.
The bridge is a convenient river crossing for residents of Baton Rouge, Hammond, and the Florida Parishes to travel to the Bayou cities of Houma and Thibodaux as well as vice versa. The bridge plays an important role in storm evacuation and in industrial development along the Mississippi.
From its opening in 1964 through August 15, 2001, a 50-cent toll was collected on traffic crossing to the west bank. The toll was discontinued by an act of the Louisiana Legislature, authored by Louisiana State Representative Roy Quezaire (D-Donaldsonville), whose district includes the bridge.