Louisiana Highway 141

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From the south, LA 141 begins at an intersection with LA 75 in an area within St. Gabriel known as Carville. From this intersection, LA 75 turns north from Point Clair Road onto Martin Luther King Parkway while LA 141 continues straight ahead in a southwest direction along the Mississippi River levee. After passing in front of the Gillis W. Long Center, state maintenance ends, and a private gravel road continues around the bend in the river known as Point Clair.{{Google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=LA+141+(Southern+Terminus)&daddr=30.2050661,-91.1122507+to:LA+141+(Northern+Terminus)&hl=en&sll=30.203226,-91.111507&sspn=0.040873,0.084543&geocode=FQQIzQEdXf2R-g%3BFYrkzAEdxryR-imF0fTrXqwmhjEhlaeqjqdgkQ%3BFbS0zAEdIHeR-g&mra=dvme&mrsp=1&sz=14&via=1&t=m&z=14 |title=Overview Map of LA 141 (Southern Section) |accessdate=July 21, 2013}}{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012P |parish=Iberville |sheet=East |accessdate=July 21, 2013}}{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012D |district=61 |accessdate=July 21, 2013}}

{{convert|4.5|mi|km}} later, state maintenance picks up again at the end of the gravel road. LA 141 proceeds northeast along the river to a second intersection with LA 75, which cuts across the Point Clair bend.{{Google maps |link=no |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=LA+141+(Southern+Terminus)&daddr=30.2366948,-91.1142521+to:LA+141+(Northern+Terminus)&hl=en&sll=30.230891,-91.12082&sspn=0.020431,0.042272&geocode=FScvzQEd0GiR-g%3BFRZgzQEd9LSR-iml1D_AIqwmhjEIH4VeA_fCGQ%3BFcBdzQEdrryR-g&mra=mrv&via=1&t=m&z=15 |title=Overview Map of LA 141 (Northern Section) |accessdate=July 21, 2013}}

The route is classified by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD) as a rural local road, except for the portion that connected LA 75 with the White Castle Ferry, which is designated as a rural minor collector.{{cite web |url=http://gis.dotd.la.gov/DOTD_EIC/DOTDMapping/ |title=La DOTD GIS |year=2013 |publisher=Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development |accessdate=July 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016093226/http://gis.dotd.la.gov/DOTD_EIC/DOTDMapping/ |archivedate=October 16, 2013 }} Its average daily traffic volume in 2013 has been reported as follows: 1,590 from the overall southern terminus to the entrance of the Gillis W. Long Center; and 1,210 to the overall northern terminus. LA 141 is an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length and has a posted speed limit of {{convert|45|mph|km/h|abbr=on|round=5}} between the former ferry landing and the end of state maintenance.

The southern portion of LA 141 is a small part of the ten-state Great River Road, which is designated as a National Scenic Byway.{{cite web |url=http://www.louisianabyways.com/byway/louisiana-great-river-road |title=Louisiana Great River Road |publisher=Louisiana Scenic Byways |date=2016 |accessdate=May 16, 2017}}

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In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 141 corridor was designated as State Route 410.{{cite LADOTD map |date=1955P |parish=Iberville |link=y}}

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|Route 410. Beginning at the Gueymard Cut-Off, going west, following the river, ending again at the Gueymard Cut-Off on the north end, in the Parish of Iberville.

|1928 legislative route description{{cite news |title=Act No. 294, House Bill No. 791 |newspaper=State-Times |location=Baton Rouge |date=July 31, 1928 |pages=8B–12B}}

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Route 410 was created in 1928 by an act of the state legislature. It originally existed as a loop off of Route 63, traversing the sharp bend in the Mississippi River occupied by the former leper colony. Route 63, like the modern LA 75, cut across the bend between Carville and St. Gabriel. The route remained largely the same prior to the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, experiencing only minor alterations due to reconstruction of the river levee.{{cite LADOTD map |date=1937S |parish=Iberville |link=y}}

LA 141 was created in 1955 as a direct renumbering of State Route 410.{{cite news |title=Act No. 40, House Bill No. 311 |newspaper=State-Times |location=Baton Rouge |date=June 18, 1955 |page=3B–4B}}

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|Class "B": La 141—From a point at or near the US Public Health Service Hospital near Carville to a junction with La 30 at or near Carville.
Class "C": La 141—From a point at or near US Public Health Service Hospital near Carville southwest and northeast to a junction with La 30 southwest of St. Gabriel.

|1955 legislative route description

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At this time, the route was still continuous, looping off of what was then LA 30.{{cite LADOTD map |date=1958P |parish=Iberville}} In the mid-1960s, LA 30 was moved onto a new alignment set back from the river between Baton Rouge and St. Gabriel.{{cite LADOTD map |date=1966}}{{cite LADOTD map |date=1968}} LA 75 was extended over the former alignment, replacing LA 30 as both the northern and southern terminus of LA 141.

In recent years, the community of St. Gabriel was incorporated, and the entire route of LA 141 is now within the city limits. The middle section of the route containing a gravel surface was removed from the state highway system by the 1990s and today runs through private property.{{cite LADOTD map |date=2000P |parish=Iberville}}

La DOTD is currently engaged in a program that aims to transfer about {{convert|5000|mi|km}} of state-owned roadways to local governments over the next several years.{{cite web |url=http://www.dotd.la.gov/programs/RoadTransfer/documents/Right-Sizing%20the%20State%20Highway%20System.pdf |title=Right-Sizing the State Highway System |date=April 2013 |publisher=Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development |page=3 |accessdate=July 25, 2013}} Under this plan of "right-sizing" the state highway system, the northern segment of LA 141 is proposed for deletion as it does not meet a significant interurban travel function.{{cite LADOTD map |date=2017RS |parish=Iberville |sheet=East |accessdate=July 25, 2013}}

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• [http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Business/Pages/GIS_Maps.aspx Maps / GIS Data Homepage], Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
• [http://www.louisianabyways.com/byway/louisiana-great-river-road Great River Road] at Louisiana Scenic Byways

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Category:Transportation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana