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About 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.

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Westwego, LA is in United States, at 29.906, -90.143 - about 22 km south-east of Kenner, LA.

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The closest airport to Westwego, LA is Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, 23 km (about 27 min by car).

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