Louisiana Highway 1
Length:	436.20[1] mi (702.00 km)
Formed:	1955 renumbering
South end:	dead end in Grand Isle
Major junctions:	US 90 near Raceland I-10 in Port Allen I-49/US 167 in Alexandria I-20 in Shreveport
North end:	SH 77 near Atlanta, TX
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Louisiana Highway 1 (LA 1) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At 436.20 miles (702.00 km), it is the longest numbered highway of any class in Louisiana.^[1] It runs diagonally across the state, connecting the oil and gas fields near Grand Isle with the northwest corner of the state, north of Shreveport. Image File history File links LA_1. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... km redirects here. ... For the musical group, see Cul de Sac (group). ... Image File history File links US_90. ... U.S. Highway 90, one of the major east-west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana, serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City and New Orleans. ... Image File history File links I-10. ... Interstate 10, a major transcontinental Interstate Highway in the Southern U.S., runs across the south part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... Image File history File links US_167. ... Image File history File links I-20. ... Atlanta is a city located in Cass County, Texas. ... // List of Louisiana Highways List of Interstate Highways Interstate 10 Interstate 12 Interstate 20 Interstate 49 Interstate 55 Interstate 59 Interstate 110 Interstate 210 Interstate 220 Interstate 310 Interstate 410 (cancelled) Interstate 420 (cancelled) Interstate 510 Interstate 610 Interstate 910 (only designated by the Federal Highway Administration) List of U... This article is about the idea of state highways State Highway, and is more formally known as Route 139 State highway, and state route are terms that usually apply to numbered highways that are primarily administered and financed by a state government in countries that are divided into states. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries â€¢ Politics Portal      A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities referred to... This Article does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ... Natural gas rig Oil and natural gas are produced by the same geological process: anaerobic decay of organic matter deep under the Earths surface. ...

The part south of U.S. Highway 90 near Raceland is Corridor 44, a National Highway System High Priority Corridor. From Alexandria to Shreveport, the LA 1 corridor was used for Interstate 49. U.S. Highway 90, one of the major east-west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana, serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City and New Orleans. ... The National Highway System includes many significant roads besides Interstate Highways Note: This article was adapted from public domain Federal Highway Administration web sites. ... Interstate 49 (abbreviated I-49) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana, United States. ...

Route description

The southern terminus of LA 1 (29.2603° N 89.9637° W) is at a dead end in Grand Isle on the south bank of Bayou Rigaud. It heads southwest and west through Grand Isle, turning northwest where it meets LA 3090 (the road to Port Fourchon). At Leeville the road crosses Bayou Lafourche on the Leeville Bridge and begins to parallel the bayou on its west bank, heading through towns such as Lockport, Raceland, Thibodaux, Napoleonville and Paincourtville. At Donaldsonville, where the bayou meets the Mississippi River, LA 1 turns northwest to parallel the river. (Southeast of Donaldsonville, LA 18 and LA 3089/LA 3127 parallel the Mississippi.) For the musical group, see Cul de Sac (group). ... Bayou Lafourche is a bayou in southeastern Louisiana, United States, that flows into the Gulf of Mexico. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... Louisiana Highway 18 (LA 18) is a state highway in Louisiana. ...

From Donaldsonville to Port Allen, across the Mississippi from Baton Rouge, LA 1 generally parallels the Mississippi River. It takes a relatively straight inland route, bypassing the curves of the river followed by LA 405 and LA 988. At Port Allen, it meets U.S. Highway 190 at the west end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, and turns west with US 190 to past Erwinville. There it turns back north, running along several back channels and oxbows of the Mississippi to New Roads (which is bypassed by LA 3131), and then heading west from New Roads to Morganza with LA 10 (still paralleling the Mississippi). From Morganza to Lettsworth, LA 1 heads northwest near the Mississippi; LA 15 begins in Lettsworth and continues north along the river while LA 1 continues generally northwest towards Alexandria. Flag Seal Nickname: Red Stick Motto: Authentic Louisiana at every turn Location Coordinates: Government Country   State     Parish United States   Louisiana     East Baton Rouge Parish Founded Incorporated 1699 16 January 1817 Mayor Melvin Kip Holden (D) Geographical characteristics Area 204. ... The Huey P. Long Bridge is a truss bridge over the Mississippi River carrying US 190 and 2 rail lines between East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana and West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. ... An oxbow lake is a type of lake which is formed when a meander from a stream or a river is cut off to form a lake. ... Louisiana Highway 10 (LA 10) is a state highway in south-central Louisiana. ...

LA 1 heads inland through such towns as Moreauville and Marksville to Alexandria, where it meets the Pineville Expressway (U.S. Highway 165/LA 28). LA 1 turns southwest along its frontage roads - Fulton Street and Casson Street - along with LA 28 Business and U.S. Highway 167 Business to its end at Interstate 49, and continues southwest on Mason Street and northwest on Bolton Avenue. A frontage road for U.S. Highway 71 (a freeway) near Carthage, Missouri. ... Interstate 49 (abbreviated I-49) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana, United States. ...

From Alexandria to Shreveport, LA 1 generally parallels Interstate 49, including a bypass around Natchitoches. Louisiana Highway 1 Business runs through downtown Natchitoches before rejoining the original highway just northwest of the city limits. It passes through Shreveport on Youree Drive, Spring Street and Market Street, running concurrently with U.S. Highway 71 from Interstate 20 downtown to a split north of downtown. From Shreveport to the border with Texas, where LA 1 becomes State Highway 77, LA 1 passes through towns such as Oil City, Vivian and Rodessa. Interstate 49 (abbreviated I-49) is an intrastate interstate highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana, United States. ... A multiplex or concurrency on a road network occurs where a single physical road carries two or more different highway, motorway, or other road numbers. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ...

See also

• Corridor 44
• LA 308, which runs across Bayou Lafourche from LA 1 south of Donaldsonville
• LA 3235, a bypass south from Cut Off

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} Louisiana State Highway Log

External links

• LA 1 Coalition (supports improving the southern part of LA 1)