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Lafayette was home to minor-league baseball teams in various seasons from 1907 to 2000. Lafayette was an affiliate of the St. Louis Browns 1936–1941, Chicago Cubs (1955–1957) and San Francisco Giants (1975–1976).
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]
Just west on LA 14 across the Vermilion River is an intersection with US 167, the main route to Lafayette. [2] [9] [10] Westbound at the eastern terminus of Louisiana Highway 82 between Vermilion and Lafayette Parishes. LA 82 proceeds across LA 14, narrowing to a two-lane highway once again, and exits the Abbeville city limits.
(90-Y) is the old route through downtown Lafayette, mostly along LA 182. US 90 Bus. (90-W) is mostly the old route (LA 182) through and east of Morgan City. US 90 Bus. (90-Z) is more of a bypass than a business route in the New Orleans area, running along the Westbank Expressway.
LA 23 connects Gretna and Venice.Between Belle Chasse and Venice, the highway serves as the main road along the west bank of the Mississippi River.In Belle Chasse, the highway crosses the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway via two antiquated crossings: southbound traffic uses the 1955-vintage Belle Chasse Tunnel, a narrow crossing that does not allow passing; northbound traffic uses the 1967-vintage ...
Louisiana Highway 89-1 (LA 89-1) runs 5.05 miles (8.13 km) in a north–south direction from the junction of Lafayette and Iberia Streets in Youngsville to US 90 on the Lafayette–Broussard line. It was part of LA 89 until a portion of the route in Youngsville was returned to local control in 2013, creating a gap in state maintenance.
Louisiana Highway 98 (LA 98) is a state highway located in southern Louisiana.It runs 47.76 miles (76.86 km) in an east–west direction from the junction of LA 97 and LA 1123 west of Iota to the Lafayette–St. Martin parish line east of Carencro.
The route begins at LA 14 in Wright and proceeds due north to a junction with Tom Road. It is an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length. In the pre-1955 state highway system, LA 712 was designated as State Route C-1574. [7] LA 712 was created with the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, [8] and its route has remained the same to the ...