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1955 renumbering [1] Notes: Since 2008, La DOTD has been replacing the green-and-white state highway markers with a black-and-white version using the same design. [2] The new shields have a black background, white silhouette, black letters and numbers, and no frame outline (see photo below for comparison). Highway names; State: Louisiana ...
The Louisiana Scenic Byways are a network of roadways within the U.S. state of Louisiana that have been deemed of cultural, historical, or scenic value. The routes follow various segments of the state-maintained highway system, usually rural in character, and are mostly located in the central and southern areas of the state.
Louisiana Highway 1 (LA 1) is a state highway in Louisiana. At 431.88 miles (695.04 km), it is the longest numbered highway of any class in Louisiana. It runs diagonally across the state, connecting the oil and gas fields near the island of Grand Isle with the northwest corner of the state, north of Shreveport .
Entire route co-signed with US 167; only U.S. highway in Louisiana with same number as a current state route US 65: 100.77: 162.17 US 425/LA 15 in Clayton: Arkansas state line north of Lake Providence: 1926 [1] current US 71: 231.099: 371.918 US 190 west of Krotz Springs: Arkansas state line at Ida: 1926 [1] current US 79: 88.246
Louisiana State Route 3 ran 153.4 miles (246.9 km) in a north–south direction from Baton Rouge to the Arkansas state line north of Lake Providence.The designation existed in two segments as the roadway passed through the state of Mississippi between a point north of St. Francisville and Vidalia (opposite the Mississippi River from Natchez, Mississippi).
Westbrook Road, LA 511 (West 70th Street), US 79-80 (Greenwood Road) to Greenwood. US 80 (Texas Avenue) across the state line toward Waskom, Texas. When Louisiana numbered its state highways in 1921, the entire length of the Jefferson Highway through Louisiana was designated as State Route 1.
The Interstate Highway System in Louisiana consists of 933.84 miles (1,502.87 km) [4] of freeways constructed and maintained by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD). The system was authorized on June 29, 1956 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 . [ 1 ]
The following is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of Louisiana designated in prior to the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering. All were part of the original 98 state highways authorized by the state legislature in 1921. [1]