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Mary Jane’s Bridge

Broussard, Louisiana, United States

Road or bridge · local-legend

The Story

Louisiana folklore identifies the Bayou Tortue Road bridge with a woman in white called Mary Jane. A radio account repeats a retired officer’s story of stopping to help the silent woman before she disappeared. The violent prom-date origin has no established supporting case record in the researched sources.

The Hauntings

Louisiana folklore identifies the Bayou Tortue Road bridge with a woman in white called Mary Jane. A radio account repeats a retired officer’s story of stopping to help the silent woman before she disappeared. The violent prom-date origin has no established supporting case record in the researched sources.

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