Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Airline Highway is a divided highway in the U.S. state of Louisiana, built in stages between 1925 and 1953 to bypass the older Jefferson Highway.It runs 115.6 miles (186.0 km), [1] carrying U.S. Highway 61 from New Orleans northwest to Baton Rouge and U.S. Highway 190 from Baton Rouge west over the Mississippi River on the Huey P. Long Bridge.
State. Scenic. ← LA 72. → LA 74. Louisiana Highway 73 ( LA 73) is a state highway in Louisiana stretching from Geismar to Baton Rouge. LA 73 was built as a bypass to the backbends of River Road. It was soon after bypassed itself in a more complete way with U.S. Route 61 ( Airline Highway ). [citation needed]
Interstate 10 ( I-10 ), a major transcontinental Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, runs across the southern part of Louisiana for 274.42 miles (441.64 km) [1] [3] from Texas to Mississippi. It passes through Lake Charles, Lafayette, and Baton Rouge, dips south of Lake Pontchartrain to serve the New Orleans metropolitan area ...
Congressional districts. 5th, 6th. Website. www .eastfelicianaclerk .org. East Feliciana Parish ( French: Paroisse de Feliciana Est, Spanish: Parroquia de Feliciana Oriental) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 19,539. [1] The parish seat is Clinton. [2]
Louisiana Highway 50 (LA 50) runs 0.85 miles (1.37 km) in a north–south direction along Almedia Road in St. Rose, St. Charles Parish. [50]The route heads northward from an intersection with LA 48 (River Road) at the Mississippi River, crossing both the Canadian National Railway (CN) and Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) tracks at grade, to a point on US 61 (Airline Highway) just east of an ...
Louisiana Highway 900 Location Clayton Length 4.275 mi (6.880 km) Existed 1955–present Louisiana Highway 900 (LA 900) runs 4.28 miles (6.89 km) in a north–south direction from LA 568 northeast of Ferriday to US 65 in Clayton. The route's mileposts increase from the northern end contrary to common practice. The entire highway is in Concordia Parish. Location mi km Destinations Notes 4.275 6 ...
Henry L. Fuqua was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on November 8, 1865, a son of James Overton Fuqua (1822–1875) and Jeannette Maria (Foules) Fuqua (1833–1900). [1] Fuqua's father was an attorney and veteran of the Mexican–American War who served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. [1]
Baton Rouge ( / ˌbætənˈruːʒ / ⓘ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Louisiana Creole: Batonrouj) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it had a population of 227,470 as of 2020 [update]; [ 4 ] it is the seat of Louisiana's ...