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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.
US 61 remained on the section between Prairieville and Baton Rouge until 1941, when Airline Highway was extended into Baton Rouge. As of 2018, the portion west of LA 948 is under agreement to be removed from the state highway system and transferred to local control.
After his release from prison in 1986, Dozier spent time in a half-way house in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then returned to Baton Rouge. He has also lived in St. Francisville in West Feliciana Parish. He was the manager and registered agent of Colt Environmental Services, L.L.C. in Louisiana, city not given. [citation needed] [34]
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office reported William Nicholas Abraham, 69, was found dead wrapped in a tarp along Highway 51 in the parish on Sept. 29, 2024.
When the U.S. Highway System was designated in 1926, the Jefferson Highway was split into four U.S. Highways in Louisiana: US 61 from New Orleans to Baton Rouge (before it was rerouted onto the Airline Highway), US 71 from Baton Rouge to Clarence, US 171 from Mansfield to Shreveport, and US 80 from Shreveport west into Texas. The section ...
) ran 6.7 miles (10.8 km) through Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana. [14] It followed the Airline Highway , a four-lane bypass of the downtown area constructed in 1941. The designation remained in effect until about 1963, when its route was assumed by mainline US 61.
Louisiana Highway 3188 (LA 3188) runs 2.80 miles (4.51 km) in a north–south direction from US 61 to I-10 in LaPlace, St. John the Baptist Parish. It is one of two highways that connect LaPlace to the interstate. [43] LA 3188 heads north from US 61 (West Airline Highway) on Belle Terre Boulevard, a divided four-lane commercial thoroughfare ...
Louisiana Highway 423 (LA 423) runs 2.43 miles (3.91 km) in an east–west direction along Thomas Road from LA 19 to LA 67 between Baton Rouge and Baker in East Baton Rouge Parish. [38] As of 2018, it is under agreement to be removed from the state highway system and transferred to local control.