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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).
LA 70 Spur is a 1.6-mile-long (2.6 km) connector route between LA 70 and LA 1 in Plattenville. [2] The route was created in 1977 with the extension of LA 70 from Paincourtville to the Sunshine Bridge as a bypass from Paincourtville to provide a more direct route to LA 1 and LA 308 and interests in Assumption Parish and southbound.
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]
Map of the United States with Louisiana highlighted. Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States. According to the 2020 United States census, Louisiana is the 25th most populous state with 4,657,757 inhabitants and the 33rd largest by land area spanning 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km 2) of land. [1]
2008-style state highway marker on eastbound LA 1064 in Natalbany. After months of posting the black-and-white shields without a line border, La DOTD began posting some state shields with a white border, as in this photo taken on January 14, 2010. This marker is located on LA 21 between Covington and I-12.
Between Bush and Sun, LA 21 widens to a four lane, divided highway after merging Louisiana Highway 41, continuing due north from the merge. In Sun LA 21 absorbs LA 16 and continues northward to Bogalusa, where LA 21 intersects LA 10. LA 21 then runs north through Varnado and Angie before becoming Mississippi Highway 35 at the state line. [1]
To most motorists in Louisiana, the only visible parish roads with numerical designations are the few that appear on state-maintained signage at various Interstate Highway exits. This list includes all nine instances where a parish road intersects an Interstate Highway and features MUTCD standard signage installed by the Louisiana Department of ...
Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, Morehouse County was a stronghold of the Ku Klux Klan. [8] During the trial for the 1922 Lynchings of Mer Rouge, Louisiana, many witnesses testified that county officials including Sheriff Fred Carpenter, his deputies, the district attorney, and the postmaster were Klan members. However, the ...