<P> The 3rd Ward or Third Ward is one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans, a division of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana . </P> <P> The Ward touches the Mississippi River as its front . The down - river boundary is Canal Street, below which is the city's 4th Ward . The upper boundary is Julia Street, originally the New Basin Canal . The former canal route in this area is now I - 10 . For most of this route from the river back is the 2nd Ward . From Carrollton Avenue up it borders the 17th Ward . The back boundary is City Park Avenue (formerly known as Bayou Metairie Road), across which is another portion of the 4th Ward . </P>

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