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US. State. Scenic. Airline Highway is a divided highway in the U.S. state of Louisiana, built in stages between 1925 and 1953 to bypass the older Jefferson Highway. It runs 115.6 miles (186.0 km), [1] carrying U.S. Highway 61 from New Orleans northwest to Baton Rouge and U.S. Highway 190 from Baton Rouge west over the Mississippi River on the ...
17,300. Location. The Huey P. Long - O.K. Allen Bridge (locally known as the Old Bridge) is a truss cantilever bridge over the Mississippi River carrying US 190 ( Airline Highway) and one rail line between East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana .
US 61 (Airline Highway) southbound near Gramercy, Louisiana. US 61 in Louisiana is four-laned from its southern terminus in New Orleans to the Mississippi state line, where the highway continues to Natchez as a four-lane highway. The section of US 61 from New Orleans to Baton Rouge is known as the Airline Highway.
History of Louisiana. Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to about 8000 BC based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. [1] Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the 4th millennium BC. [2]
Route description. From the west, LA 42 starts at an intersection with LA 30 in Baton Rouge near Louisiana State University. It is a four-lane divided highway for 7.6 miles (12.2 km) from LA 30 eastward to an intersection with Highland Road and Siegen Lane in southeastern Baton Rouge. This section is named Burbank Drive.
Louisiana Highway 30. Louisiana Highway 30 ( LA 30) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana. It runs 28.10 miles (45.22 km) in a northwest to southeast direction from LA 73 in Baton Rouge to the junction of U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) and LA 431 east of Gonzales . The route connects Downtown Baton Rouge with Louisiana State University ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana has many historic neighborhoods, dating back as far as the early 19th century. Downtown - Baton Rouge's central business district. Spanish Town - Located between the Mississippi River and I-110, it is one of the city's more diverse neighborhoods and home to the State Capitol and the city's largest Mardi Gras Parade.
1954–present. U.S. Highway 61 Business ( US 61 Bus.) runs 10.80 miles (17.38 km) through Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana. [2] The route is entirely concurrent with US 190 Bus., forming a loop off of mainline US 61/US 190 ( Airline Highway) through the downtown area. The business route was first put into effect in 1954 and assumed ...
This article is about the section of U.S. Route 90 in Louisiana. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 90. U.S. Highway 90 US 90 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by Louisiana DOTD Length 297.6 mi. (478.9 km) Existed 1926–present Major junctions West end I-10 / US 90 at Texas state line east of Orange, TX Major intersections I-10 I-210 in Lake Charles US 165 in Iowa Future I-49 ...
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Number of locations. 80. Area served. Southern United States. Products. Jewelry. H. J. Wilson Co., also known as Wilson's, was an American catalog showroom chain based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Founded in 1947 as a jewelry store, it was acquired in 1985 by Service Merchandise .