9th United States Congress | ward | Henry Ward Beecher | 9th | Ward | Ward Bond | Rachel Ward | Ward Churchill | Hines Ward | Andre Ward | 9th parallel north | M. Ward | Julia Ward Howe | William Ward | Ward Kimball | Charlie Ward | 9th arrondissement of Paris | 9th arrondissement of Marseille | 1st Battalion 9th Marines | Warwick Ward | Joseph Ward | Ward (LDS Church) | Ward Burton | Pendleton Ward | Ninth Ward of New Orleans | Montgomery Ward | Lynd Ward | Lalla Ward | Jay Ward | Georgia's 9th congressional district |
The Desire neighborhood in the upper 9th Ward is named after the street, as are the area's Desire Projects although the housing development has been knocked down and replaced with smaller apartment buildings.
The barrier is designed to reduce the risk of storm damage to some of the region's most vulnerable areas - New Orleans East, metro New Orleans, the 9th Ward, and St. Bernard Parish.