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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 ...
Louisiana Highway 729 (LA 729) runs 0.73 miles (1.17 km) in an east–west direction along General Mouton Avenue from US 90 Business to mainline US 90 in Lafayette, Lafayette Parish. [22] Under the proposed La DOTD plan to eliminate state-maintained roadways throughout the state, all of LA 729 is proposed to be transferred to local jurisdiction.
The Interstate Highway System in Louisiana consists of 933.84 miles (1,502.87 km) [4] of freeways constructed and maintained by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD). The system was authorized on June 29, 1956 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 . [ 1 ]
Arkansas state line at Ida: 1926 [1] current US 79: 88.246: 142.018 Texas state line southwest of Greenwood: Arkansas state line north of Haynesville: 1935 [6] current US 80: 199.850: 321.627 Texas state line west of Greenwood: Mississippi state line at Vicksburg, MS: 1926 [1] current US 84: 182.851: 294.270 Texas state line at Logansport
The following is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of Louisiana designated in the 1200–1299 range. All are owned and maintained by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD). The routes up to and including LA 1241 were designated in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering. The remainder have been added to the ...
In a legislative session devoted mostly to tax policy, Louisiana lawmakers are taking steps to empower themselves to set up new state courts outside of the traditional judicial system.
Within the state of Louisiana, the highway travels 69.12 miles (111.24 km) [1] from the national southern terminus at US 61 in LaPlace to the Mississippi state line north of Kentwood. After heading north through LaPlace to a junction with Interstate 10 (I-10) west of New Orleans , the highway joins I-55 on a 22-mile-long (35 km) twin-span ...
House Bill 71, approved by state lawmakers last month, mandates that a poster-size display of the Ten Commandments with “large, easily readable font” be in every classroom at schools that ...