Avoid being in the water or near the shoreline at ... thanks largely to the growth of their population in the Atchafalaya River Basin. To that end, it is no longer considered out of the ordinary ...

Trestles rise from the swamp when the water is ... cuts through the Atchafalaya Basin Swamp at the community of Pelba, which was about six miles north of Butte La Rose. Pelba no longer exists.

Trestles rise from the swamp when the water is low ... cities with the Atchafalaya Bridge in 1973. Though travelers could take other routes between the two cities, there was no connection through ...