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Breaux Bridge ( / ˈbroʊˈbrɪdʒ /; [2] French: Pont-Breaux; [3] [4] Cajun French: Pont- (de)-Breaux pronounced [pɔ̃ndbʁo] [2]) is a small city in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,139 as of the 2010 census, up from 7,281 in 2000. By 2020, its population was 7,513. It is part of the Lafayette metropolitan ...
The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, also known as the Louisiana Airborne Memorial Bridge, [1] is a pair of parallel bridges in the U.S. state of Louisiana between Baton Rouge and Lafayette which carries Interstate 10 over the Atchafalaya Basin. With a total length of 96,095 feet (29,290 m; 18 mi; 29 km), it is the third longest bridge in the US, the ...
Pages in category "People from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
John Pelham (September 7, 1838 – March 17, 1863) [1] was a Confederate cavalry soldier under J. E. B. Stuart during the American Civil War. Robert E. Lee called Pelham "The Gallant Pelham" for his use of light artillery at the Battle of Fredericksburg to delay U.S. soldiers. [1] [2]
Roy Allan Melanson (February 13, 1937 – May 22, 2020) was an American serial killer and rapist, conclusively linked to three murders and numerous rapes in three states, and remains the prime suspect in at least two other murders. Melanson was convicted of two 1974 murders, for which he received two life sentences, and died in May 2020 at the ...
Firmin Pierre Breaux (September 22, 1749 – October 1, 1808) was an Acadian pioneer known for unofficially founding the city of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Life [ edit ] Firmin was the son of Alexis Breaux and Marguerite Barrieu, born at Riviere aux Canards , near present day Port Williams, Nova Scotia , in 1749.
May 14, 2024 at 12:24 PM. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Storms that slammed several Southern states added to the region's recent string of weather-related destruction and death, including that of a ...
John Berlinger Breaux ( / ˈbroʊ /; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from 1987 to 2005. [1] He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party.