Louisiana Highway 15
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Louisiana Highway 15 (LA 15) is a state highway located in central and northern Louisiana. It runs 194.10 miles (312.37 km) in a north–south direction from the junction of LA 1 and LA 970 in Lettsworth to the concurrent U.S. Highways 63 and 167 in Lillie. The middle portion of the route, extending 56 miles (90 km) from Ferriday to just north of Mangham, is co-signed with US 425 and is a major four-lane highway through the area.
Route description
LA 15 begins at a junction with LA 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish. The highway heads north and crosses several bridges spanning various channels of the Old River Control Structure. LA 15 parallels the Mississippi River through a remote rural section of Concordia Parish before reaching junctions with US 84 and US 425 in Ferriday.[2][3][4] Beginning in Ferriday, LA 15 is co-signed with US 425 and becomes a major four-lane through route. The highway passes through the communities of Clayton, Sicily Island, Wisner, and Gilbert before entering the city of Winnsboro. Here, US 425 and LA 15 make connections with LA 4 and LA 17.[2][4] Continuing northward, the highway travels through Baskin and Mangham. Just beyond Mangham, at a point known as Archibald, LA 15 turns northwest off of US 425 and proceeds into Monroe, one of northern Louisiana's two metropolitan areas. The route crosses mainline US 165 on the way into town then overlaps US 165 Bus. into the downtown area. During this stretch, LA 15 has a diamond interchange with I-20 and passes the Monroe Civic Center.[2][4][5] In Downtown Monroe, LA 15 turns west and runs concurrent with US 80 across the Ouachita River and into the neighboring city of West Monroe. Just beyond the Lea Joyner Bridge, US 80 and LA 15 intersect LA 34 then zigzag through town, intersecting several major thoroughfares that provide access to the parallel I-20. West of the city limits, LA 15 turns off of US 80 and heads northwest to Farmerville, situated on Lake D'Arbonne.[2][5] LA 15 overlaps both LA 33 and LA 2 in Farmerville. The route continues through rural Union Parish until reaching its terminus at US 63/US 167 at Lillie, just west of Spearsville.[2][5]
History
Much of the present route of LA 15 originated as State Route 15 prior to the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering. It was one of the few state highways whose number was carried over into the new system. Differences from the modern route include bypassed portions such as Old Highway 15, Louisiana Highway 3210, and various country roads. The highway south of Vidalia and into Pointe Coupee Parish was not part of LA 15 until the 1960s, after the renumbering. There is also a section of the Great River Road in Plaquemines Parish that is called Highway 15.
Beginning at Farmersville, through Monroe, Rhymes Store, Alta, R.S. Baughton's Store, Mangham, Winnsboro, Sicily Island, Clayton, to a point on Route 3.
— 1921 Louisiana Legislative Route Description
Major intersections
Parish | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Pointe Coupee | Lettsworth | 0.000 | 0.000 | File:Louisiana 1 (2008).svg LA 1 – Simmesport, New Roads File:South plate.svg File:Louisiana 970 (2008).svg LA 970 south | Southern terminus; southern end of LA 970 concurrency; location also known as Keller | |||
| 2.653 | 4.270 | File:North plate.svg File:Louisiana 970 (2008).svg LA 970 north | Northern end of LA 970 concurrency; to Pointe Coupee Parish Port | ||||
Torras | 4.907 | 7.897 | File:Louisiana 418 (2008).svg LA 418 | To Pointe Coupee Parish Port | ||||
| 5.913– 6.081 | 9.516– 9.786 | Bridge over Old River Lock | |||||
West Feliciana |
No major junctions | |||||||
Concordia | | 14.232– 17.063 | 22.904– 27.460 | Three bridges over Old River Control Structure channels | ||||
Shaw | 24.665 | 39.694 | File:Louisiana 910 (2008).svg LA 910 (Dora Knapp Road) | Eastern terminus of LA 910 | ||||
Deer Park | 42.243 | 67.984 | File:Louisiana 565 (2008).svg LA 565 – Monterey | Southeastern terminus of LA 565 | ||||
St. Genevieve | 51.109 | 82.252 | File:Louisiana 131 (2008).svg LA 131 – Vidalia | Southern terminus of LA 131 | ||||
| 57.962 | 93.281 | File:Louisiana 3232 (2008).svg LA 3232 | Western terminus of LA 3232 | ||||
Ferriday | 59.110– 59.132 | 95.128– 95.164 | File:West plate.svg File:US 84.svg US 84 west (Louisiana Avenue) – Jonesville | Southern end of US 84 concurrency | ||||
59.613 | 95.938 | File:East plate.svg File:US 84.svgFile:South plate.svg File:US 425.svg US 84 east / US 425 south (E.E. Wallace Boulevard) – Vidalia, Natchez File:Louisiana 568 (2008).svg LA 568 (Louisiana Avenue) | Northern end of US 84 concurrency; southern end of US 425 concurrency; southern terminus of LA 568 | |||||
59.946 | 96.474 | File:Louisiana 903 (2008).svg LA 903 (Kentucky Avenue) | Eastern terminus of LA 903 | |||||
Clayton | 65.617– 65.752 | 105.600– 105.818 | File:North plate.svg File:US 65.svg US 65 north – Newellton, Tallulah | Southern terminus of US 65 | ||||
66.229 | 106.585 | File:Louisiana 566 (2008).svg LA 566 (McAdams Road, River Drive) | ||||||
Concordia–Catahoula parish line | 66.299– 66.437 | 106.698– 106.920 | Bridge over Tensas River | |||||
Catahoula | Lee Bayou | 69.494 | 111.840 | File:Louisiana 567 (2008).svg LA 567 | Eastern terminus of LA 567 | |||
Foules | 74.216 | 119.439 | File:Louisiana 921 (2008).svg LA 921 | |||||
Sicily Island | 78.465 | 126.277 | File:West plate.svg File:Louisiana 8 (2008).svg LA 8 west (Newman Avenue) – Harrisonburg, Jena | Eastern terminus of LA 8 | ||||
Peck | 83.793 | 134.852 | File:Louisiana 913 (2008).svg LA 913 | Northern terminus of LA 913 | ||||
| 85.518 | 137.628 | File:Louisiana 3148 (2008).svg LA 3148 (Norris Hill Road) | Western terminus of LA 3148 | ||||
Franklin | Wisner | 87.839 | 141.363 | File:West plate.svg File:Louisiana 562 (2008).svg LA 562 west (Oak Street) | Southern end of LA 562 concurrency | |||
88.140 | 141.848 | File:East plate.svg File:Louisiana 562 (2008).svg LA 562 east | Northern end of LA 562 concurrency | |||||
| 89.113 | 143.413 | File:Louisiana 875 (2008).svg LA 875 | Northern terminus of LA 875 | ||||
Gilbert | 92.471 | 148.818 | File:West plate.svg File:Louisiana 128 (2008).svg LA 128 west (Gill Street) | Southern end of LA 128 concurrency | ||||
92.626 | 149.067 | File:Louisiana 572 (2008).svg LA 572 | Western terminus of LA 572 | |||||
93.046 | 149.743 | File:East plate.svg File:Louisiana 128 (2008).svg LA 128 east (Lee Street) | Northern end of LA 128 concurrency | |||||
Chase | 96.212 | 154.838 | File:Louisiana 3210 (2008).svg LA 3210 | Southern terminus of LA 3210 | ||||
97.878 | 157.519 | File:Louisiana 3210 (2008).svg LA 3210 | Northern terminus of LA 3210 | |||||
Winnsboro | 100.451 | 161.660 | File:Louisiana 3201 (2008).svg LA 3201 | Eastern terminus of LA 3201 | ||||
100.787 | 162.201 | File:Louisiana 864 (2008).svg LA 864 (Loop Road) | Southern terminus of LA 864 | |||||
101.480 | 163.316 | File:Louisiana 865 (2008).svg LA 865 (West Street) | Northern terminus of LA 865 (southern segment) | |||||
102.009 | 164.168 | File:West plate.svg File:Louisiana 4 (2008).svg LA 4 west (Prairie Road) – Columbia | Southern end of LA 4 concurrency | |||||
102.290– 102.333 | 164.620– 164.689 | File:East plate.svg File:Louisiana 4 (2008).svgFile:North plate.svg File:Louisiana 17 (2008).svg LA 4 east / LA 17 north (Kinloch Street) – Delhi File:West plate.svg File:Louisiana 130 (2008).svg LA 130 west (Taylor Avenue) – Liddieville | Northern end of LA 4 concurrency; southern terminus of LA 17; eastern terminus of LA 130 | |||||
104.913 | 168.841 | File:Louisiana 868 (2008).svg LA 868 | Southern terminus of LA 868 | |||||
| 107.154 | 172.448 | File:Louisiana 867 (2008).svg LA 867 | Western terminus of LA 867 | ||||
Baskin | 107.944 | 173.719 | File:Louisiana 577 (2008).svg LA 577 – Crowville | Western terminus of LA 577 | ||||
108.786 | 175.074 | File:Louisiana 857 (2008).svg LA 857 | Southern terminus of LA 857 | |||||
Richland | Mangham | 112.841 | 181.600 | File:West plate.svg File:Louisiana 132 (2008).svg LA 132 west (Main Street) | Southern end of LA 132 concurrency | |||
113.568 | 182.770 | File:Louisiana 132 (2008).svg LA 132 | Northern end of LA 132 concurrency | |||||
Archibald | 115.603 | 186.045 | File:Louisiana 856 (2008).svg LA 856 | Western terminus of LA 856 | ||||
115.888– 115.976 | 186.504– 186.645 | File:North plate.svg File:US 425.svgFile:North plate.svg File:Louisiana 137 (2008).svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-20.svg US 425 north / LA 137 north to I-20 – Rayville | Northern end of US 425 concurrency; southern terminus of LA 137 | |||||
Alto | 120.792– 120.927 | 194.396– 194.613 | File:South plate.svg File:Louisiana 135 (2008).svg LA 135 south | Southern end of LA 135 concurrency | ||||
| 121.574 | 195.654 | File:North plate.svg File:Louisiana 135 (2008).svg LA 135 north – Rayville | Northern end of LA 135 concurrency | ||||
| 122.860– 122.954 | 197.724– 197.875 | Bridge over Boeuf River | |||||
Rhymes | 124.044 | 199.629 | File:Louisiana 133 (2008).svg LA 133 – Start, Columbia | |||||
Ouachita | Pine Grove | 135.155 | 217.511 | File:Louisiana 841 (2008).svg LA 841 (Prairie Road) | Northern terminus of LA 841 | |||
Monroe | 137.892– 137.910 | 221.916– 221.945 | File:US 165.svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-20.svg US 165 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) to I-20 – ULM, Columbia | |||||
139.899 | 225.146 | File:Louisiana 594 (2008).svg LA 594 (Texas Avenue) | Southwestern terminus of LA 594 | |||||
140.062 | 225.408 | File:South plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 165.svg US 165 Bus. south (Ouachita Avenue) File:To plate blue.svg File:I-20.svg To I-20 via South 3rd Street | Southern end of US 165 Bus. concurrency | |||||
140.332– 140.485 | 225.842– 226.089 | File:I-20.svg I-20 – Vicksburg, Shreveport | Exit 117C on I-20 (eastbound exit via 116B) | |||||
141.303 | 227.405 | File:East plate.svg File:US 80.svgFile:North plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 165.svg US 80 east / US 165 Bus. north (Louisville Avenue) | Northern end of US 165 Bus. concurrency; southern end of US 80 concurrency | |||||
Monroe–West Monroe line | 141.732– 141.959 | 228.096– 228.461 | Lea Joyner Bridge over Ouachita River | |||||
West Monroe | 142.077 | 228.651 | File:South plate.svg File:Louisiana 34 (2008).svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-20.svg LA 34 south (Bridge Street) to I-20 | Eastern terminus of LA 34 | ||||
143.694– 143.701 | 231.253– 231.264 | File:Louisiana 143 (2008).svg LA 143 (North 7th Street) | ||||||
144.258 | 232.161 | File:South plate.svg File:Louisiana 617 (2008).svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-20.svg LA 617 south (Thomas Road) to I-20 | Southern end of LA 617 concurrency | |||||
144.519 | 232.581 | File:North plate.svg File:Louisiana 617 (2008).svg LA 617 north (Warren Drive) | Northern end of LA 617 concurrency | |||||
145.332 | 233.889 | File:To plate blue.svg File:I-20.svg To I-20 via Downing Pines Road | ||||||
| 146.390 | 235.592 | File:Louisiana 3249 (2008).svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-20.svg LA 3249 (Well Road) to I-20 | Northern terminus of LA 3249 | ||||
Cheniere | 149.642 | 240.825 | File:West plate.svg File:US 80.svg US 80 west (Cypress Street) – Ruston File:South plate.svg File:Louisiana 546 (2008).svgFile:To plate blue.svg File:I-20.svg LA 546 south (Cheniere Drew Road) to I-20 – Eros | Northern end of US 80 concurrency; northern terminus of LA 546 | ||||
Drew | 151.603 | 243.981 | File:Louisiana 616 (2008).svg LA 616 (Ole Highway 15) | Western terminus of LA 616 | ||||
Union | | 156.608 | 252.036 | File:Louisiana 552 (2008).svg LA 552 – Wilhite, Point | Southern terminus of LA 552 | |||
Terrills | 163.065 | 262.428 | File:South plate.svg File:Louisiana 145 (2008).svg LA 145 south – Downsville, Choudrant | Northern terminus of LA 145 | ||||
163.328 | 262.851 | File:Louisiana 552 (2008).svg LA 552 – Point, Wilhite | Northern terminus of LA 552 | |||||
| 170.199– 170.227 | 273.909– 273.954 | File:South plate.svg File:Louisiana 33 (2008).svg LA 33 south – Ruston | Southern end of LA 33 concurrency | ||||
Farmerville | 171.445– 171.631 | 275.914– 276.213 | James Peyton Smith Bridge over Lake D'Arbonne | |||||
172.762 | 278.033 | File:Louisiana 3281 (2008).svg LA 3281 (Park Street) | Eastern terminus of LA 3281; to National Guard Armory | |||||
172.870 | 278.207 | File:East plate.svg File:Louisiana 2 (2008).svg LA 2 east (East Water Street) – Sterlington, Bastrop | Southern end of LA 2 concurrency | |||||
173.341 | 278.965 | File:North plate.svg File:Louisiana 33 (2008).svg LA 33 north (Miller Street) – Marion | Northern end of LA 33 concurrency; to Farmerville Stadium | |||||
173.421 | 279.094 | File:West plate.svg File:Louisiana 2 (2008).svg LA 2 west – Bernice | Northern end of LA 2 concurrency; to Lake D'Arbonne State Park | |||||
176.130 | 283.454 | File:Louisiana 549 (2008).svg LA 549 – Truxno, Oakland | Southern terminus of LA 549 | |||||
| 184.875 | 297.527 | File:Louisiana 550 (2008).svg LA 550 | |||||
Mount Union | 187.834– 187.871 | 302.290– 302.349 | File:Louisiana 558 (2008).svg LA 558 – Lockhart, El Dorado | Southern terminus of LA 558 | ||||
Spearsville | 190.795 | 307.055 | File:Louisiana 3269 (2008).svg LA 3269 | Eastern terminus of LA 3269 | ||||
190.847– 190.871 | 307.138– 307.177 | File:Louisiana 3121 (2008).svg LA 3121 – Taylortown | Southern terminus of LA 3121 | |||||
190.896 | 307.217 | File:Louisiana 3269 (2008).svg LA 3269 | Western terminus of LA 3269 | |||||
Lillie | 194.070– 194.102 | 312.325– 312.377 | File:US 63.svgFile:US 167.svg US 63 / US 167 – Bernice, Junction City | Northern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Gallery
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Bridge over the Boeuf River on LA 15
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Ouachita/Richland Parish Line over Bayou Lafourche
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Historical marker for General Claire Chennault in Gibson
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Signs along LA 15 in Monroe
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Highway Inventory Unit (2016). "LRS Conversion Tool". Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Overview Map of LA 15" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (February 2012). District 61: Official Control Section Map, Construction and Maintenance (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (February 2012). District 58: Official Control Section Map, Construction and Maintenance (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (February 2012). District 05: Official Control Section Map, Construction and Maintenance (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
External links
- Infobox road instances in Louisiana
- State highways in Louisiana
- Transportation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
- Transportation in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
- Transportation in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
- Transportation in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana
- Transportation in Franklin Parish, Louisiana
- Transportation in Richland Parish, Louisiana
- Transportation in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
- Transportation in Union Parish, Louisiana
- Great River Road