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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).
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 heaviest traffic on I-49 occurs within the cities of Shreveport and Opelousas. The stretch of freeway in Shreveport sees an average of 70,000 vehicles per day, while the stretch of freeway between Lafayette and Carencro sees an average of 55,000 vehicles per day, and the stretch of freeway through Opelousas sees an average of 45,000 ...
LA 40 is classified by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD) as a rural major collector west of Lee Road (LA 437 south) and as a rural minor collector between Lee Road and Bush. Daily traffic volume in 2013 peaked at 11,700 vehicles in Folsom and 8,200 vehicles between I-55 and Independence.
LA 48 (River Road) at the Mississippi River: US 61 (Airline Highway) 1955: current LA 52: 2.731: 4.395 US 90 and LA 633 in Boutte: LA 18 in Luling: 1955: current LA 53: 1.634: 2.630 LA 44 (River Road) and LA 640 opposite the defunct Edgard–Reserve Ferry: US 61 (West Airline Highway) 1955: current LA 54: 2.343: 3.771 LA 44
At either end—within the city of Baton Rouge and east of I-10 in Gonzales—it is considered an urban principal arterial. [7] Daily traffic volume in 2013 peaked at 29,900 vehicles within and just north of the LSU campus. Another high figure of 22,100 was recorded near I-10 in Gonzales.
I-10 remains closed in both directions in Louisiana from the Texas state line to around Baton Rouge, according to the state's road conditions map. Portions of Interstate 55 are also shut down ...
The freeway east of Morgan City, bypassing Houma to the north, was originally built as Louisiana Highway 3052 (LS 3052); US 90 was shifted to it from its former alignment (now LA 182) once it was completed. US 90 replaced almost all of the Louisiana section of the San Diego–St. Augustine running Old Spanish Trail.