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Louisiana Highway 57
Louisiana Highway 57 (LA 57) is a state highway that serves Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Terrebonne Parish. It runs in a south to north direction along Bayou Sale Road and Grand Caillou Road, connecting Cocodrie, Louisiana, Cocodrie and Houma, Louisiana, Houma. Route description From the south, LA 57 begins at an intersection with Louisiana Highway 56, LA 56 north of Cocodrie, Louisiana, Cocodrie. It proceeds west along Bayou Sale Road and makes a brief dip to the south before heading in a general northerly direction for the remainder of its route. In Dulac, Louisiana, Dulac, LA 57 intersects Louisiana Highway 3011, LA 3011 which proceeds briefly to the southeast along Bayou Caillou. LA 57 then crosses Bayou Dulac and continues north toward Houma, Louisiana, Houma on Grand Caillou Road. Traveling alongside the east bank of Bayou Grand Caillou, LA 57 passes through Boudreaux, Louisiana, Boudreaux and Ashland, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, Ashland. In Houma, LA 57 intersects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Louisiana Highway Renumbering
In 1955, Louisiana passed a law that undertook a comprehensive revision to the state highway classification and numbering system. The new system designated roads by importance to travel patterns and rectified the previous numbering system under new unified designations. History Highway numbers in Louisiana first appeared in 1921, per Act 95 of the 1921 Special Session of the Louisiana Legislature. Routes 1 through 98 were defined that year. These first 98 routes remained consistent throughout the pre-1955 era. The lowest numbered routes seem to have followed major auto trails; for instance, LA 1 was the Jefferson Highway, LA 2 was the Old Spanish Trail, etc. The remainder of the numbering system seemed to work on a lower-number, higher-order principle, with some clustering; for instance, LA 61 and 62 both existed in St. Bernard Parish. When US highways were added in 1926, the US designations were simply overlaid over the preexisting state route (SR) designations in a meth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |