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LA 339 is an undivided two-lane highway for most of its length. It is generally classified by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD) as a rural major collector south of Youngsville and as an urban minor arterial through the Lafayette area. The average daily traffic in 2013 was reported as 4,100 vehicles south of ...
A Louisiana Highway Department gravel truck driver pauses in front of his orange-colored vehicle (1972). The new Louisiana Constitution of 1976 (adopted in 1974) and Act 83 of 1977 abolished the Departments of Highways and Public Works and restructured them into the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), thereby encompassing related activities such as highways, public works ...
Louisiana Highway 3134 (LA 3134) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Jefferson Parish. It spans 7.2 miles (11.6 km) in a north-south direction [ 1 ] along Leo Kerner/Lafitte Parkway between Jean Lafitte and Estelle (south of Marrero ) and acts as a four-lane bypass to the older Barataria Boulevard ( LA 45 ).
In 2005 the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced the implementation of an Intelligent Transportation System, to monitor traffic via video cameras, erecting digital message boards all over the metro area and AM radio broadcast to alert motorist of special or emergency road conditions. Plus vehicle radar detectors will ...
For the remainder of its journey in Louisiana, US 51 parallels the route of I-55 at a distance generally between 1 and 2 miles (1.6 and 3.2 km) to the east. Passing to the west of the traditional downtown area, US 51 intersects US 190 (West Thomas Street), its main east–west commercial thoroughfare. This intersection also marks the northern ...
October 23 – United States – A “super fog” in Louisiana aggravated by marsh fires caused a pile-up on Interstate 55, west of New Orleans. The pile-up involved 158 vehicles, killed eight and injured 63. [531] [532] October 28 – Egypt – A pileup in Beheira Governorate on the Cairo-Alexandria road killed 32 and injured 63. [533]
Don Alejandro O'Reilly, Spanish governor of Louisiana, issued a land ordinance to allow settlers in the frontier of the Opelousas Territory to acquire land grants. However, O’Reilly forbade Acadians from settling in the Opelousas area until his successor, Luis de Unzaga, nullified that order and allowed Acadians to settle at the Opelousas ...
Louisiana Highway 49 (LA 49) is a state highway located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It runs 3.93 miles (6.32 km) in a north–south direction along Williams Boulevard from U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) to an intersection with Joe Yenni Boulevard and 44th Street in Kenner .