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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 ...
State highway markers for different years: 1955 (left), 1990 (center), 2008–present (right) System information Length 16,698.41 mi (26,873.49 km) Formed 1955 renumbering Notes Since 2008, La DOTD has been replacing the green-and-white state highway markers with a black-and-white version using the same design. The new shields have a black background, white silhouette, black letters and ...
A Louisiana Highway Department gravel truck driver pauses in front of his orange-colored vehicle (1972). The new Louisiana Constitution of 1976 (adopted in 1974) and Act 83 of 1977 abolished the Departments of Highways and Public Works and restructured them into the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), thereby encompassing related activities such as highways, public works ...
Interstate 69 in Louisiana. In design; environmental studies complete (Segments 14 and 15). Pending start of Tier II environmental study (Segment 16). Interstate 69 ( I-69) is a proposed Interstate Highway that will pass through the northwestern part of the US state of Louisiana .
U.S. Highway 90 ( US 90 ), one of the major east–west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana for 297.6 miles (478.9 km), serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City, and New Orleans. Much of it west of Lafayette and east of New Orleans has been supplanted by Interstate 10 (I-10) for all but ...
Louisiana Highway 426 ( LA 426) runs 7.39 miles (11.89 km) in an east–west direction from LA 73 in Baton Rouge to US 190 between Baton Rouge and Denham Springs. The route is located entirely within East Baton Rouge Parish and is known locally as Old Hammond Highway.
Interstate 55 ( I-55) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that spans 964.25 miles (1,551.81 km) from LaPlace, Louisiana, to Chicago, Illinois. [2] Within the state of Louisiana, the highway travels 66 miles (106 km) from the national southern terminus at I-10 in LaPlace to the Mississippi state line north of Kentwood.
Interstate 12 ( I-12) is an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Louisiana. It spans a total of 85.59 miles (137.74 km) [ 1] in an east–west direction from I-10 in Baton Rouge to an interchange with both I-10 and I-59 in Slidell. Along the way, it passes through the city of Hammond, where it intersects I-55 ...