Saturday, August 3, 2013

Jayne Mansfield Automobile Wreck Site


Double click on the video to enlarge it and go to Youtube. Be sure and read the comments.
The actual crash site was one mile west of the Rigolets bridge. So this is about 4 miles further west in the video. Comments section discusses this error.

I used to drive this section of old Highway 90 on the way to New Orleans from Mobile and Biloxi.
Driving at night in almost total darkness and going over the Rigolets bridge was a spooky experience.
But it also meant you were getting close to New Orleans.
I remember small isolated fishing camps strung out along the highway whenever water would appear. It was like driving through a series of connected islands.
It was always a great relief to come into New Orleans via the old Chef Menteur highway. Streetlights would appear and then large billboards advertising Pat O'Briens and Brennan's Restaurant and other French Quarter attractions.