List of Interstate Highways in Louisiana
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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{infobox state highway system
|title=Interstate Highways of the Louisiana Highway System
|shields={{infobox road/shieldmain/USA|state=LA|type=I|route=10}} {{infobox road/shieldmain/USA|state=LA|type=I|route=220}}
|caption=Highway markers in use for primary interstates (left) and auxiliary interstates (right)
|length_mi=933.84
|length_ref={{cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table03.cfm |title=FHWA Route Log and Finder List, Table 3: Interstate Routes |date=May 23, 2017 |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=May 26, 2017}}
|formed=June 29, 1956 (authorized);
February 24, 1960 (opened);
April 23, 1960 (signed)
|interstate=Interstate X (I-X)
|links=LA
|map={{Maplink-road|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=320
|type=line|from=Interstate 10 in Louisiana.map
|type2=line|from2=Interstate 12.map
|type3=line|from3=Interstate 20 in Louisiana.map
|type4=line|from4=Interstate 49 in Louisiana.map
|type5=line|from5=Interstate 55 in Louisiana.map
|type6=line|from6=Interstate 59 in Louisiana.map
|type7=line|from7=Interstate 110 (Louisiana).map
|type8=line|from8=Interstate 210 (Louisiana).map
|type9=line|from9=Interstate 220 (Louisiana).map
|type10=line|from10=Interstate 310 (Louisiana).map
|type11=line|from11=Interstate 510.map
|type12=line|from12=Interstate 610 (Louisiana).map
|type13=line|from13=Interstate 910.map
|id14=Q1588|type14=line|stroke-color14=#000|stroke-width14=1
}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=Interstate Highways highlighted in red}}
The Interstate Highway System in Louisiana consists of {{convert|933.84|mi|km}} 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.{{cite news |title=Highway Boom in La. Foreseen |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=June 30, 1956 |page=1}} The Louisiana Department of Highways, predecessor of the DOTD, began construction shortly afterward on its portion of the system, to which approximately {{convert|686|mi|km}} was initially allotted.{{cite news |title=Hearing Scheduled Feb. 11 on Proposed US Highway |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=January 22, 1958 |page=31}} 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.{{cite news |title=Expressway Will Be Dedicated |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=February 24, 1960 |page=13}} 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.{{cite news |last=Wagner |first=Robert |title=Highway Unit is Dedicated |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=April 24, 1960 |page=28}}
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Primary interstates
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=10
|length_mi=274.42
|terminus_a=Texas state line at Orange, TX
|terminus_b=Mississippi state line east of Slidell
|established=1960
|notes=Southern Louisiana's primary east–west route serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Slidell
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=12
|length_mi=85.59
|terminus_a=I-10 in Baton Rouge
|terminus_b=I-10/I-59 in Slidell
|established=1967
|established_ref={{cite news |title=State Highway Work Sets All-Time Mark |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=January 29, 1967 |at=sec. 8, p. 11}}
|notes=Northern bypass of New Orleans metropolitan area via Hammond
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=14
|length_mi=
|terminus_a=Texas state line near Leesville, LA (undecided)
|terminus_b=Mississippi state line near Natchez, MS (undecided)
|established=proposed
|established_ref=
|notes=Proposed extension roughly paralleling the LA 28 corridor
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=20
|length_mi=189.87
|terminus_a=Texas state line west of Greenwood
|terminus_b=Mississippi state line at Vicksburg, MS
|established=1960
|notes=Northern Louisiana's primary east–west route serving Shreveport and Monroe
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=49
|length_mi=239.25
|terminus_a=I-10/US 167 in Lafayette
|terminus_b=Arkansas state line north of Ida
|established=1983
|established_ref={{cite news |title=I-49 Progressing in La.; 25 Miles Open, 55 to Go |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=January 15, 1984 |page=6}}
|notes=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
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=55
|length_mi=65.81
|terminus_a=I-10/US 51 in LaPlace
|terminus_b=Mississippi state line north of Kentwood
|established=1960
|established_ref={{cite news |title=Interstate Road Work Keeps Pace with Cars |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=August 4, 1960 |at=sec. 4, p. 11}}
|notes=North–south route in southeastern Louisiana via Hammond
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=59
|length_mi=11.48
|terminus_a=I-10/I-12 in Slidell
|terminus_b=Mississippi state line north of Pearl River
|established=1962
|established_ref={{cite news |title=La., Miss. Road Link Dedicated |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=August 3, 1962 |page=25}}
|notes=North–south route in southeastern Louisiana via Slidell
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=69
|length_mi=
|terminus_a=Texas state line southwest of Shreveport (undecided)
|terminus_b=Arkansas state line northeast of Haynesville (undecided)
|established=proposed
|established_ref=
|notes=Proposed extension roughly paralleling the US 79 corridor
}}
{{routelist bottom|keys=former,future}}
Auxiliary interstates
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=110
|length_mi=8.89
|terminus_a=I-10 in Baton Rouge
|terminus_b=US 61 in Baton Rouge
|established=1964
|established_ref={{AASHTO minutes |year=1970S |page=2 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |link=yes |v-link=yes}}
|notes=Baton Rouge spur; formerly designated as I-410
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=210
|length_mi=12.40
|terminus_a=I-10 west of Lake Charles
|terminus_b=I-10 east of Lake Charles
|established=1964
|notes=Lake Charles downtown bypass
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=220
|length_mi=17.62
|terminus_a=I-20/LA 3132 in Shreveport
|terminus_b=I-20 in Bossier City
|established=1977
|notes=Shreveport–Bossier City downtown bypass
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=310
|length_mi=11.25
|terminus_a=US 90/LA 3127 in Boutte
|terminus_b=I-10 west of Kenner
|established=1983
|notes=Spur west of New Orleans
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=310
|length_mi=2.70
|terminus_a=US 90 Bus. in New Orleans
|terminus_b=I-10 in New Orleans
|established=1964
|established_ref={{cite web |last=Weingroff |first=Richard F. |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/neworleans.cfm |title=The Battles of New Orleans—Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway (I-310) |date=November 18, 2015 |work=Highway History |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=May 26, 2017}}
|decommissioned=1969
|decommissioned_ref={{AASHTO minutes |year=1969A |page=7 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |v-link=yes}}
|notes=Cancelled Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=410
|dab=Baton Rouge
|length_mi=1.90
|terminus_a=LA 67 in Baton Rouge
|terminus_b=I-10 in Baton Rouge
|established=1961
|established_ref={{cite map |publisher=Esso |title=Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi |date=1961 |author=General Drafting |edition=November 1961}}
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Unfinished Baton Rouge loop partially retained as I-110; planned as {{convert|13.60|mi|km|adj=on}} route with western terminus at I-10 near Port Allen
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=410
|dab=New Orleans
|length_mi=48.5
|terminus_a=I-10 west of New Orleans
|terminus_b=I-10 in Eastern New Orleans
|established=1969
|decommissioned=1977
|decommissioned_ref={{AASHTO minutes |year=1977S |page=2 |access-date=May 26, 2017 |v-link=yes}}
|notes=Cancelled southern bypass of New Orleans known as the Dixie Freeway; partially built as current I-310 and I-510
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=420
|length_mi=10.20
|terminus_a=I-20 in West Monroe
|established=1957
|decommissioned=1964
|notes=Cancelled two-lane bypass of Monroe
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=510
|length_mi=3.04
|terminus_a=LA 47 in New Orleans
|terminus_b=I-10/LA 47 in New Orleans
|established=1992
|notes=Spur in Eastern New Orleans
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=610
|length_mi=4.52
|beltway=I-10 in New Orleans
|established=1965
|established_ref={{cite news |title=Route to Ease Traffic Tieup |newspaper=The Times-Picayune |location=New Orleans |date=March 26, 1965 |at=sec. 2, p. 2}}
|notes=New Orleans downtown bypass
}}
{{routelist row
|state=LA
|type=I
|route=910
|length_mi=9.70
|terminus_a=US 90 Bus. in Marrero
|terminus_b=I-10/US 90 Bus. in New Orleans
|established=1999
|notes=FHWA designation (not used by La DOTD) for freeway portion of US 90 Bus. and placeholder for future I-49 corridor
}}
{{routelist bottom|keys=former}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|United States}}
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Interstate Highways in Louisiana}}
- [http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Business/Pages/GIS_Maps.aspx Maps / GIS Data Homepage], Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
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