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Veterans Memorial Boulevard, formerly Veterans Highway (locally referred to as Vets or Veterans), is a 6-lane thoroughfare in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, U.S., and Orleans Parish, Louisiana, U.S., running west–east mostly parallel to Interstate 10.
U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends 1,400 miles (2,300 km) between New Orleans, Louisiana and the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River and is designated the Great River Road for much of its route.
US 74 was added to the route by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials on June 9, 1986. [48] [49] This route, however, remains largely unsigned. In addition, APD-40 also bears four honorary designations. The entire route was designated "Veterans Memorial Highway" by the Tennessee General Assembly in January 2007. [50]
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SR 218 (Highway 218 Bypass) Beltway around Paris: 148.2: 238.5: US 641 (Veterans Drive/Mineral Wells Avenue/SR 69) – Paris Business District, Camden: 149.0: 239.8: SR 356 west (East Wood Street) Old US 79/SR 76; eastern terminus of SR 356 152.3: 245.1: SR 218 west (Highway 218 Bypass) Southern end of SR 218 concurrency; beltway around Paris ...
The former transnational Jefferson Davis Highway was named in his honor. In 1913, the United Daughters of the Confederacy conceived the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway, a transcontinental highway to be built through the South. [51] [52] Portions of the highway's route in Virginia, Alabama and other states still bear the name of Jefferson Davis ...
A congressional investigation into sexual misconduct allegations at a troubled Veterans Affairs facility in Tennessee revealed that at least 12 officials who worked there took part in an orgy ...
LA 3046 began as part of the Greater New Orleans Expressway, a 1950s project to transform the century-old Harlem Avenue right-of-way into a multilane highway connecting U.S. 90 (Jefferson Highway), U.S. 61 (Airline Highway, now Drive), and Veterans Memorial Highway (now Boulevard) to the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway then under construction.