List of Interstate Highways in Louisiana
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The Interstate Highway System in Louisiana consists of 933.84 miles (1,502.87 km)[1] of freeways constructed and maintained by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD).
Interstate Highways of the Louisiana Highway System | |
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Highway markers in use for primary interstates (left) and auxiliary interstates (right) | |
Interstate Highways highlighted in red | |
System information | |
Length | 933.84 mi[1] (1,502.87 km) |
Formed | June 29, 1956 (authorized);[2] February 24, 1960 (opened);[3] April 23, 1960 (signed)[4] |
Highway names | |
Interstates | Interstate X (I-X) |
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The system was authorized on June 29, 1956 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.[2] The Louisiana Department of Highways, predecessor of the DOTD, began construction shortly afterward on its portion of the system, to which approximately 686 miles (1,104 km) was initially allotted.[5] 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 (I-10) in New Orleans.[3] 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.[4]
Primary interstates
Number | Length (mi)[1] | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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274.42 | 441.64 | Texas state line at Orange, TX | Mississippi state line east of Slidell | [3] | 1960current | Southern Louisiana's primary east–west route serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Slidell | |
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85.59 | 137.74 | I-10 in Baton Rouge | I-10/I-59 in Slidell | [6] | 1967current | Northern bypass of New Orleans metropolitan area via Hammond | |
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— | — | Texas state line near Leesville, LA (undecided) | Mississippi state line near Natchez, MS (undecided) | proposed | — | Proposed extension roughly paralleling the LA 28 corridor | |
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189.87 | 305.57 | Texas state line west of Greenwood | Mississippi state line at Vicksburg, MS | [4] | 1960current | Northern Louisiana's primary east–west route serving Shreveport and Monroe | |
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239.25 | 385.04 | I-10/US 167 in Lafayette | Arkansas state line north of Ida | [7] | 1983current | Louisiana's primary north–south route, connecting I-10 and I-20 via Alexandria; final gap in Shreveport is under construction and southern extension from Lafayette to New Orleans is planned | |
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65.81 | 105.91 | I-10/US 51 in LaPlace | Mississippi state line north of Kentwood | [8] | 1960current | North–south route in southeastern Louisiana via Hammond | |
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11.48 | 18.48 | I-10/I-12 in Slidell | Mississippi state line north of Pearl River | [9] | 1962current | North–south route in southeastern Louisiana via Slidell | |
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— | — | Texas state line southwest of Shreveport (undecided) | Arkansas state line northeast of Haynesville (undecided) | proposed | — | Proposed extension roughly paralleling the US 79 corridor | |
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Auxiliary interstates
Number | Length (mi)[1] | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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8.89 | 14.31 | I-10 in Baton Rouge | US 61 in Baton Rouge | [10] | 1964current | Baton Rouge spur; formerly designated as I-410 | |
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12.40 | 19.96 | I-10 west of Lake Charles | I-10 east of Lake Charles | [11] | 1964current | Lake Charles downtown bypass | |
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17.62 | 28.36 | I-20/LA 3132 in Shreveport | I-20 in Bossier City | [12] | 1977current | Shreveport–Bossier City downtown bypass | |
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11.25 | 18.11 | US 90/LA 3127 in Boutte | I-10 west of Kenner | [13] | 1983current | Spur west of New Orleans | |
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2.70 | 4.35 | US 90 Bus. in New Orleans | I-10 in New Orleans | [14] | 1964[15] | 1969Cancelled Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway | |
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1.90 | 3.06 | LA 67 in Baton Rouge | I-10 in Baton Rouge | [16] | 1961[10] | 1964Unfinished Baton Rouge loop partially retained as I-110; planned as 13.60-mile (21.89 km) route with western terminus at I-10 near Port Allen[11] | |
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48.5 | 78.1 | I-10 west of New Orleans | I-10 in Eastern New Orleans | [15] | 1969[17] | 1977Cancelled southern bypass of New Orleans known as the Dixie Freeway; partially built as current I-310 and I-510 | |
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10.20 | 16.42 | I-20 in West Monroe | I-20 in Monroe | [18] | 1957[14] | 1964Cancelled two-lane bypass of Monroe | |
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3.04 | 4.89 | LA 47 in New Orleans | I-10/LA 47 in New Orleans | [19] | 1992current | Spur in Eastern New Orleans | |
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4.52 | 7.27 | I-10 in New Orleans | [20] | 1965current | New Orleans downtown bypass | ||
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9.70 | 15.61 | US 90 Bus. in Marrero | I-10/US 90 Bus. in New Orleans | [21] | 1999current | FHWA designation (not used by La DOTD) for freeway portion of US 90 Bus. and placeholder for future I-49 corridor | |
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