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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).
The Louisiana state highway system's most ubiquitous and unique anachronism is the infamous "hyphenated" routes. These routes were created with the 1955 renumbering, and are a legacy of the assumption by the state through the years of many otherwise local streets in cities and towns throughout the state.
The highway crosses the Iowa Great Lakes where West Okoboji and East Okoboji Lake meet before exiting the state. US 71 formerly entered Storm Lake concurrently with Iowa Highway 7 but was moved to a new alignment east of Storm Lake in 1996 to lessen travel time between Carroll and Spencer, the two largest communities on US 71 in Iowa. A ...
In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 5 made up the entirety of two routes: State Route 38 from Logansport to Keachi and State Route 748 from there to Kingston. [6] LA 5 was created with the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, [7] and its route has remained largely the same to the present day ...
Longest highway in Louisiana. LA 2: 189.490: 304.955 SH 49 west of Trees at the Texas state line: US 65 north of Lake Providence: 1955: current LA 3: 35.705: 57.462 I-20, US 71, and LA 72 in Bossier City: AR 29 at the Arkansas state line north of Plain Dealing: 1955: current LA 4: 164.537: 264.797 US 71 north of Loggy Bayou: LA 605 in Newellton
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]
Mississippi state line north of St. Francisville: 1926 [1] current US 63: 35.351: 56.892 I-20/US 167/LA 146 in Ruston: Arkansas state line at Junction City: 1999 [5] current 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
Louisiana State Route 72 ran 12.5 miles (20.1 km) in a general east–west direction from State Route 5 west of Fifth Ward to State Route C-1471 in Mansura, Avoyelles Parish. [ 7 ] SR 72 became a portion of LA 114 in the 1955 renumbering.