This is the Morganza Spillway. It is known helping to control flooding on the lower Mississippi River. Yeah, right, you didn't know that. At this point of the drive, I finally reached my mother via cell phone. She wanted me to call her after I gassed up in Lobdell and let her know that I had made it through the traffic. She was on her way to New Orleans, and I think the rain was making the connection difficult. This is also the 55mph section of the drive. So very slow, but the cops like to come up and get you on these little spillways, so there's not much speeding going on.