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Township lines run parallel to the baseline (east-west), while range lines run north–south; each are established at 6-mile intervals. Lastly, townships are subdivided into 36 sections of approximately 1 square mile (640 acres; 2.6 km 2 ) and sections into four quarter-sections of 0.25 square miles (160 acres; 0.65 km 2 ) each.
Louisiana Highway 948 (LA 948) runs 0.35 miles (0.56 km) in an east–west direction along Highland Road from the junction of US 61 and LA 42 to a junction with LA 73 southeast of Baton Rouge. [42] The route's mileposts increase from the eastern end contrary to common practice. It is an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length.
The U.S. Highway System in Louisiana consists of 2,490.851 miles (4,008.636 km) of mainline highway routes and 107.785 miles (173.463 km) of special routes (both figures including concurrencies) that are constructed and maintained by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD).
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 ]
Louisiana Highway 1123 (LA 1123) runs 5.58 miles (8.98 km) in a general north–south direction from the junction of LA 97 and LA 98 west of Iota to a second junction with LA 97 northwest of Iota. [26] It is currently proposed for deletion as part of La DOTD's Road Transfer program. [2] The entire route is in Acadia Parish.
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 ...
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
[3] [4] [7] It is an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length and is classified as a rural local road by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD). [1] The average daily traffic in 2013 was reported as 810 vehicles. [1] In the pre-1955 state highway system, LA 302 was designated as State Route C-2060. [5]