Zachary Taylor Parkway

Zachary Taylor Parkway
Route information
Length	210 mi (340 km)
Major junctions
West end	Alexandria, LA
East end	Poplarville, MS
Location
Country	United States
States	Louisiana, Mississippi
Highway system

The Zachary Taylor Parkway is a highway that stretches from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Poplarville, Mississippi. The corridor traverses eight Louisiana parishes and one Mississippi county. Traveling through it, motorists encounter a diverse mix of small towns, scenic countryside, homegrown businesses, agricultural areas, tourist attractions, and plantations, but also areas beset by poverty.

Route

The parkway extends approximately 210 miles (340 km), stretching from Interstate 49 (I-49) near Alexandria and Pineville on the west, crossing I-55 near Amite, and continuing all the way to I-59 near Poplarville. The John James Audubon Bridge, completed and opened in 2011, is a Mississippi River crossing between Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana parishes in south central Louisiana. The bridge has the second longest cable-stayed span in the Western Hemisphere (after Mexico's Baluarte bridge, though its total length is four times that of the Mexican bridge) and replaces the ferry between the communities of New Roads and St. Francisville.