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(March 1997) Negro (wartime Nigger) Bayou. US-65, ½ mile north of Louisiana SH-898. View looking west. Federals constructed a bridge across the bayou just west of the highway. Bayou Vidal in background

(March 2009) Enlarge Negro Bayou 12 years later

(March 2009) Enlarge Another view of Negro Bayou, looking southwest

(March 2009) Enlarge Hovey Cuts a Road interpretive marker. Junction of US-65 and Louisiana SH-898
 
Marker: Hovey Cuts a Road

(March 2009) Enlarge Somerset Plantation interpretive marker. Junction of US-65 and Louisiana SH-605. View looking east
 
Marker: Somerset Plantation

(March 2009) Enlarge Approximate location of Holt's Bayou Federal bridge site. The bayou no longer exists. SH-608, 1 1/2 mi. east of SH-605, looking east
 
Marker: Bridges Across Holt's Bayou and Bayou Du Rosset