ZACHARY TAYLOR PARKWAY

The Zachary Taylor Parkway is a grassroots idea kept alive and nurtured by dedicated citizens like you. It started with a vision, but it has taken years of commitment and persistence by many individuals to maintain the Parkways as a viable project and to push successfully for federal and state government funding... Born in Virginia in 1784, he was taken as an infant to Kentucky and raised on a plantation. He was a career officer in the Army, but his talk was most often of cotton raising. His home was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and he owned a plantation in Mississippi... Take the road less traveled. Did you know? The Audubon Bridge on the Zachary Taylor Parkway has the second longest cable-stayed span (distance between towers) in the Western Hemisphere. The Audubon Bridge replaces the ferry between the communities of New Roads and St. Francisville. The bridge also serves as the only bridge structure on the

Also known as: Zachary Taylor Parkway Association

Primary location: Baton Rouge United States