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Since 2008, La DOTD has been replacing the green-and-white state highway markers with a black-and-white version using the same design. [2] The new shields have a black background, white silhouette, black letters and numbers, and no frame outline (see photo below for comparison). Highway names; State: Louisiana Highway X (LA X) Special routes:
US 90 in New Orleans: Mississippi state line north of St. Francisville: 1926 [1] current US 63: 35.351: 56.892 I-20/US 167/LA 146 in Ruston: Arkansas state line at Junction City: 1999 [5] current Entire route co-signed with US 167; only U.S. highway in Louisiana with same number as a current state route US 65: 100.77: 162.17
U.S. Highway 11 (US 11) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that spans 1,645 miles (2,647 km) [a] [2] from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Rouses Point, New York. Within the state of Louisiana, the highway travels 31 miles (50 km) [ 1 ] from the national southern terminus at US 90 in New Orleans to the Mississippi state line south ...
Louisiana Highway 689 (LA 689) is a short 1 ⁄ 2-mile-long (0.80 km) state highway in rural Vermilion Parish near the community of Henry. It travels north–south from the western terminus of LA 688 to LA 330. The southern half of the highway is within farmland while the northern half passes a church, and elementary school, and a few houses. [45]
The two highways run concurrently for two miles (3 km) near the end of East Judge Perez Drive, at which point LA 46 turns east through the community of Reggio and LA 300. From there, LA 46 connects to the towns of Yscloskey (via LA 625 ), Shell Beach, and Hopedale (via LA 624 ) before ending at a dead end with the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet ...
The Earhart Expressway, named for former New Orleans Commissioner of Public Utilities, Fred A. Earhart, [1] is a state highway located in both Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish, Louisiana. It is also designated as Louisiana Highway 3139 (LA 3139), spanning a total of 5.2 miles (8.4 km). Although it is an odd-numbered highway and is bannered ...
The first road segment in the new system was officially opened and dedicated on February 24, 1960 and consisted of a portion of the Pontchartrain Expressway in New Orleans. [2] Two months later, the first Interstate Highway shields installed in Louisiana accompanied the opening of a portion of I-20 near Ruston on April 23. [3]
Louisiana Highway 3082 (LA 3082) was a state highway in Louisiana that served Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes. It spanned 6.2 miles (10.0 km) in a west–east direction [32] along the present route of LA 39 between New Orleans and Chalmette. It was essentially a temporary designation for the relocation of LA 39 north (west) of LA 47.