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Calhoun is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in ... abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Calhoun was 110 °F ...
LA 1213 north (Kurthwood Road) Southern terminus of LA 1213; no direct access from westbound LA 8: 19.7: 31.7: US 171 north / LA 28 begins – Shreveport: Roundabout; eastern end of US 171 concurrency; western end of LA 28 concurrency: 20.0: 32.2: LA 1213 south (Kurthwood Road) / LA 117 north – Kurthwood, Hagewood
The route begins at the concurrent LA 8 and LA 28, 4.3 miles (6.9 km) east of US 171 in Leesville. Eastbound LA 28 connects to Alexandria in neighboring Rapides Parish. LA 185 heads south and intersects LA 468 (Slagle Road). 2.5 miles (4.0 km) later, it reaches the guard house at the entrance to Fort Johnson. State maintenance ends a short ...
LA 8 turns northeast about five miles (8.0 km) east of Leesville and is called the Slagle Road. The highway intersects with LA 121 then LA 465 and a few miles after this enters Rapides Parish then Gardner before entering Alexandria. Between Leesville and Alexandria LA 28 is known as the Alexandria Highway.
During the Thomas Jefferson Presidency, a high priority was to build roads to New Orleans, specifically the Natchez Trace and the Federal Road through Georgia, initially intended to facilitate mail delivery. The Napoleonic Wars and the Embargo Act of 1807 restricted European trade, which did not recover until the end of the War of 1812 in 1815.
Louisiana Highway 117 (LA 117) runs 41.52 miles (66.82 km) in a north–south direction from a junction with LA 8, LA 28 and LA 1213 in Leesville, Vernon Parish to LA 6 east of Robeline, Natchitoches Parish.