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The '''New Roads–St. Francisville Ferry''' was a ferry service that connected [[Louisiana Highway 10]] across the [[Mississippi River]] between [[New Roads, Louisiana|New Roads]] and [[St. Francisville, Louisiana]], United States.<ref name=ladotd>{{cite web|access-date=December 22, 2010|url=http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/ferry/|title=La DOTD Ferry Status|work=Ferry status and information|publisher=[[Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fonseca|first1=Mary|title=Weekend Getaways in Louisiana|year=1993|url=https://archive.org/details/weekendgetawaysi00fons|url-access=registration|quote=New Roads–St. Francisville Ferry.|access-date=2018-03-23|publisher=Pelican Publishing|location=Gretna, LA|page=[https://archive.org/details/weekendgetawaysi00fons/page/174 174]|isbn=9780882899510 }}</ref> The normal operating hours for the 35-car ferry were 5&nbsp;am to 9&nbsp;pm, daily.<ref name=advocate>{{cite web|author=Baker – Zachary bureau |title=New Roads/St. Francisville ferry temporarily closes|date=May 4, 2010|access-date=December 22, 2010|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/92802184.html|publisher=Louisiana Broadcasting LLC and Capital City Press LLC|work=2theadvocate.com|location=Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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==History==
The ferry was shut down on May 5, 2011, as the [[John James Audubon Bridge (Mississippi River)|John James Audubon Bridge]] was opened early due to concerns about rising flood waters.<ref name=bergeron>{{Cite journal| last=Bergeron| first=Angelle|date=April 14, 2010| title=Built Above Wildly Erratic River Levels, Cable-Stayed Giant Rises over the Flood| journal=[[Engineering News-Record]]| publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]]| location=New York| url=http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_intr100414JamesAudubon-1| ref=Bergeron2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501174512/http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/article_intr100414JamesAudubon-1| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 1, 2010}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River]]
==References==
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[[Category:Ferries of Louisiana]]
[[Category:Ferries of the Mississippi River]]
[[Category:St. Francisville, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Transportation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Transportation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:2011 disestablishments in Louisiana]]
[[Category:New Roads, Louisiana]]
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