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Related: Six states get hours of service waiver as Ida makes landfall The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's (DOTD) 511 website was reporting "widespread road closures" in ...
I-10 remains closed in both directions in Louisiana from the Texas state line to around Baton Rouge, according to the state's road conditions map. Portions of Interstate 55 are also shut down ...
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 ...
Alternate routes like U.S. 90, U.S. 61, and U.S. 190 are available, but officials continue to emphasize the importance of using the state's 511LA.org system for real-time updates on road conditions.
The U.S. Highway System in Louisiana consists of 2,490.851 miles (4,008.636 km) of mainline highway routes and 107.785 miles (173.463 km) of special routes (both figures including concurrencies) that are constructed and maintained by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD).
Louisiana Highway 20 (LA 20) is a state highway that serves Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, and St. James Parish. It spans a total of 36.6 miles (58.9 km) [ 1 ] as a two lane, undivided road. Route description
Interstate 49 (I-49) is a north–south Interstate Highway with multiple segments. The original portion is entirely within Louisiana with an additional signed portion extending from I-220 in Shreveport to the Arkansas state line, three newer sections are in Arkansas, and one section in Missouri.
The original plans for Interstate Highways in Louisiana only included I-10 and I-20 with no connection in between. After I-55 was added in the 1950s, the state considered building a toll road to connect I-10 in southwestern Louisiana and I-20 in the northern part of the state but later rejected the idea.