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The Louisiana & Delta's only surviving ATSF CF7 locomotive, formerly LDRR 1500. The Louisiana and Delta Railroad (reporting mark LDRR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in New Iberia, Louisiana. LDRR operates over 114 miles of branch line in southern Louisiana between Lafayette, Louisiana and Raceland, Louisiana, with most of the lines ...
Louisiana Highway 729 (LA 729) runs 0.73 miles (1.17 km) in an east–west direction along General Mouton Avenue from US 90 Business to mainline US 90 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. [22] Under the proposed La DOTD plan to eliminate state-maintained roadways throughout the state, all of LA 729 is proposed to be transferred to local jurisdiction.
Lafayette Parish is a part of the region of Acadiana in southern Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 269 square miles (700 km 2), of which 269 square miles (700 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2) (0.2%) is water. [6]
In 2010, [17] the U.S. Census Bureau reported there were 273,738 people, 89,536 households, and 61,826 families residing within metropolitan Lafayette. From 2010 to 2015, the Lafayette metropolitan area outpaced the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area in North Louisiana by population, becoming the third largest metropolitan area in the state.
KPEL-FM (96.5 MHz, "NewsTalk 96.5 KPEL") is an American radio station licensed to the community of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, and serving the Lafayette, Louisiana area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and licensed to Townsquare Media of Lafayette, LLC. It airs a news/talk format. [2]
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From the northwest, Business US 90 begins south towards downtown Lafayette, paired with LA 182, eventually bypassing downtown. The older alignment of US 90, it meets U.S. 167 (Johnston St.), and passes next to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. After passing the university, US 90 Business turns to the north, while LA 182 turns to the south.
Lafayette is home to the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, the athletic teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. [119] Between 1995 and 2005, Lafayette was home to the Louisiana IceGators ECHL hockey team. In 2009, the IceGators returned as a member of the Southern Professional Hockey League until 2016. [120]