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M Is S Is S I P P I R I V E R New Orleans EAST QUADRANGLE NEW ORLEANS 5 LOUISIANA 0 5 STATE OF LOUISIANA E SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 0 T 0 INU 7.5 M 0 0 5 0 90°0'0"W 5 3,6955,617 789000 0 0 788000 3,685,617 90°2'30"W 78 787000 ION AND DEVELOPMENT 78 60000 30°0'0"N T 0 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA 3,675,617 784000 5000 R 11 E R 12 E 5 Mile 10 78 A 90°5'0"W 0 78 0 3000 0 E 0 78 200 L 5 3,665,617 78 1000 V 0000 V 40 15 77 A 9000 39 90°7 '30"W 778000 P. A. 38 A 5 40 41 t Canal V R 100 tle 157 R 16 16 ulf Ou -5 IR E r-G -5 P 165 e -5 99 i Riv 0°0'0"N 0 G Capdau T S pp 3 0 A 0 sissi Y L D P 77 s A OL I S i K ST L Radio T 1 Mile 3 M RW 0 R l l E O AT V 98 a 301 B 1 School A AL W 9 I 64 n T L a S U S L A 15 n N Tow 20 a CO H -4 V er A Lakeview n C R B T 5 D o O I IN i 16 A 0 S t 0 H t Y a e S V M l A D Schoo ta A t 17 l L u I S E GOLF COU C r W N RSE E S 5 O E o A R LEV I l f E l T l p E 33 22000 R 90 3021 s u T 5 10 E Pan-American a Dilla G A W rd R n - f r 10 E Popp D t a e W 5 A Interchang 0 r iv L 3322000 e V u V Stadium T Henders A Carver on H 10 P R A L University L i Interchange 1A E Memori T al 5 97 O X P p B Edward S 231 L E G. W. Car Interchange 1B 21 S ver Dunn Elementary p 5 Middle i 0 . s A 1 22 R V C N s O Phillips e Stua i S rt R. Bradley 0 High School C E School s E School ZACHAR v 0 is A Y N TA E O YLO Middle Sc M R 21 FL R hool A Elem O D entary A N R R S 0 T I D DA BLV I 0 D L N S E V D I n Interchange LV Saint V W 610 School S B L 0 A IN E o G IG A I H 3 R nterchange 2A B F Turnin V g d 238 Philips R 5 E BM 8 R E E n E 0 S A Basin L N 0 School L o Interchange 4 Interchange 2B T N 21 F L Interchange 3 T 5 0 L I n 5 C 5 S E R Interchange 2C 3 M Ta E F d Gormle y h 20 V Medard H Ra A 0 dio o R A Lou isiana State 0 S E O L S ake Lawn tadium I J 0 l Nelson D S 5 J P U Tower a 5 t 1 R A Park N n University O n D School 5 0 D Scho D i ol R el A gado L l 2 5 (W a R D BOK) T a I 0 a Cemetery E E C hristian Brothers S V Roehm 1 S R n E L C R S L of Dentistry a A I Community -3 V O R 5 School 5 19 R B n V Park A A C B 0 u O A L E o L R o R V CITY PARK i L Langston Hughes C t A ollege L A y E t A E H 3 T A a 5 3 N 21000 e 0 a 63 5 B Elementary 0 P e S g 0 A 0 1 r B 24 i Issac Delgado t 0 A C T School v 33 S N 000 Camp U Epiphany 21 20 Museum of Art d a O N Louisiana R No 0 5 0 rfo a P o N e E l h Nicholls M k 5 u r School S o t n o 1 120 O D f L e u r r o Jockey Club A th v l 7 e n l r i 5 N k V BM 2 A n ie U 0 o 1 John A. Shaw Ra B Y S L i a T 10 M lw u D a o b R o y y 1 C B R a u r U B 5 A t Elementary H h A t Y a S l 1 D e 0 Greenw V 0 A ood r L 2 N e 121 BM 9 I School 5 n H E Metairie R L C F U L 0 I R OR B 5 Cemetery I r 0 T D O a Fairgroun E ds Race Track T S 30 A A 68 R il 0 V c e B Cemetery C S E i w IT T Y N S PARK P l A a AV n E A F William F E rantz L E y A b 5 I R T n N I u 0 N G N S I A 0 3 A 0 E Elementary F P L 28 T P O 72 R D B T R N ID E A A 52 O C B 28 L S s AV A C School O I E 70 P V E V N N A Interchange n T E U H 25 R D R 0 66 T a Interchange B 5 BM 5 S N I M O R N 0 S e 237 l Y T A C T A C E 232 r 5 S Z 29 A R 1 S T N T L N O E A V N A D S E 67 E 0 U L S Sewage Dis M posal A Thurgood 1 D A w R S T T N E IE n IR T V M T 71 TA IR e L ME i R O o Marshall McDonogh E 0 ST S R N 0 O Lawle n ss 5 O R P E N 2 School #28 Middle o 3320000 P E r I Elementary V f W High olk a L A L 0 E School Corpus S L o 3 s L N District u s N School 0 th 33 00 B A 5 200 51 M 3 A e e St. Anthony Christi A A E rn T 10 G L Le R 0 arning Center V n B D S W a L i g A B A lw School R N of Padua IE E E a e D y K N V N ST U N New Orleans Country Club N MA S N RO N I r V Morris F.X. T A Mile 1 O G O 0 A S School (C) IL L L F 69 5 T S S V J 2 T L 0 EZ O B F 0 e E 90 S 55 Jeff Elementary T T 1 E E Kohn L A 68 5 r S T m T T H F 0 I C 1 Sch S 0 ool C i H Middle 0 n O L 65 P T Louis Armstrong A a R L 0 B W T 29 Interchange S School L T l I A 5 M E N S T 0 N B El M 7 ementary N S E D T V Easton Gayarre S 236C Y T S I N T T Mary M L S cLeod T 56 L Mercy E 0 School O A S R E Place S Park Interchan E ge H N I O Jackson S S E 54 E 67 Bethune I S C T T P F N 64 A Monu L R U ment C 236D D M L Hospital IN A N IR Barracks Elementary H G N O School R Mid City L T A A S Arabi O P George O R E Lorraine N A T 0 0 E P M l B A R 0 T F O A E A a C School S E Mon F Park Middle dy Junior Hansberr C K NE y L R S W ORLEANS T T E T 66 n PR V S N a T I T School O A Elementary School Joseph S. A.P. Tureaud 46 Elementary School Arabi TE A S C C 0 Paul L. D N Physicians T unbar S BM -1 O Y IO T Clark Senior Elementary T 0 Elementary s N R L L S e E Elem 0 entary 33 00 L T E V 190 Hospital of Phillis Wheatley High School School E School k E O Bell Junior T L Sa United Medical S E cred Heart W V c Interchange R i School S E A R Elementary School E E C High School D 3319000 E T T 0 A of Jesus N ew O E rleans M P 233A A Ce E H nte S C N BM 2 r of 39 E A S C A New Orleans O I H L S High School N S 0 St.
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