Louisiana Highway 5

From the southwest, LA 5 begins at an intersection with US 84 (Main Street) in Logansport, {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} east of the Texas state line at the Sabine River. It proceeds northward out of town parallel to the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) tracks. After passing through a point known as Funston, LA 5 begins to closely follow the rail line into Longstreet. Here it intersects LA 3015, which heads east to Grand Cane on US 171. Continuing northward along the railroad, LA 5 enters Keatchi. At a four-way intersection, LA 172 heads west to the state line, LA 789 heads north toward Spring Ridge, and LA 5 turns to the east. The route's directional banners reflect the change, reading east–west instead of north–south.{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012P |parish=DeSoto |sheet=West |accessdate=May 2, 2013}}{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012D |district=04 |accessdate=May 2, 2013}}

After {{convert|4.1|mi|km}}, LA 5 intersects US 171 at a point known as Kickapoo. US 171 heads north through Stonewall to Shreveport and south through Grand Cane to Mansfield. Shortly after this junction, LA 5 passes through Gloster and curves to the southeast briefly before resuming a general eastward course. {{convert|5.5|mi|km}} later, LA 5 terminates at a T-intersection with LA 175 in Kingston. LA 175 connects to a nearby interchange with I-49 (exit 186).{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012P |parish=DeSoto |sheet=East |accessdate=May 2, 2013}}

LA 5 is an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length.

In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 5 made up the entirety of two routes: State Route 38 from Logansport to Keachi and State Route 748 from there to Kingston.{{cite LADOTD map |date=1955P |parish=DeSoto |link=y}}

LA 5 was created with the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering,{{cite news |title=Act No. 40, House Bill No. 311 |newspaper=State-Times |location=Baton Rouge |date=June 18, 1955 |page=3B–4B}} and its route has remained largely the same to the present day. Three zigzags in the route were eliminated near the junction with US 171. At Kickapoo, LA 5 originally turned south briefly onto US 171 and then east onto Gloster Road, now a local road, before rejoining the present alignment shortly afterward. A new connector was constructed to continue straight across US 171 and curve to meet the original alignment. Immediately to the east in Gloster, LA 5 made a jog to the south and back to the east at the location of a former railroad crossing near Main Street. It rejoined the present alignment directly opposite Jessie Latin Road, turning to the southeast. The construction of a wide curve at this location has replaced both jogs in the route.{{cite LADOTD map |date=1958P |parish=DeSoto}}

More recently, the eastern end of the route was slightly truncated. It formerly made a zigzag across LA 175 to a point on the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) line known as Kingston Station, continuing from there as a local road, Mt. Zion Road. This portion of LA 5 was transferred to local control in 2016 as part of the La DOTD's Road Transfer Program.{{cite LADOTD map |date=2017RS |parish=DeSoto |sheet=West |accessdate=March 7, 2018}}{{cite LADOTD map |date=2017RS |parish=DeSoto |sheet=East |accessdate=March 7, 2018}}

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|notes=Southern terminus

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|notes=Southern end of LA 3015 concurrency

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|mile=8.915

|road={{jct|state=LA|LA|3015|dir1=east|city1=Grand Cane}}

|notes=Northern end of LA 3015 concurrency

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{{LAint

|location=Keachi

|mile=15.792

|road={{jct|state=LA|LA|172|dir1=west}}
{{jct|state=LA|LA|789|dir1=north}}

|notes=Eastern terminus of LA 172; southern terminus of LA 789; to Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery

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|location=Gloster

|mile=19.848

|mile2=19.896

|road={{jct|state=LA|US|171|city1=Mansfield|city2=Shreveport}}

|notes=Location also known as Kickapoo

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{{LAint

|location=Kingston

|mile=28.361

|road={{nowrap|{{jct|state=LA|LA|175|to2=y|I|49|city1=Mansfield|city2=Shreveport}}}}

|notes=Eastern terminus

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• [http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Business/Pages/GIS_Maps.aspx Maps / GIS Data Homepage], Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

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Category:Transportation in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana