Westwego, LA

Westwego sits 10 miles southwest of New Orleans on the Mississippi's west bank, accessible via US 90 from the Crescent City Connection or I-10. This Jefferson Parish river town of 8,300 serves as a gateway to the West Bank communities and Barataria Bay fishing grounds. The name comes from railroad conductors who called "West We Go" as trains departed for Texas.

Airports closest to Westwego, LA are Southern Seaplane Airport and New Orleans NAS JRB/Alvin Callender Field.