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Louisiana Highway 96
Louisiana Highway 96 (LA 96) is a state highway located in southern Louisiana. It runs in an east–west direction from LA 182 in Broussard to LA 352 east of Catahoula. The route passes through St. Martinville, the seat of St. Martin Parish, located on Bayou Teche. It connects the city with U.S. Highway 90 (US 90), the main highway through the Teche region, just southeast of Lafayette. East of St. Martinville, LA 96 travels to the small community of Catahoula, which is located on Catahoula Lake at the edge of the Atchafalaya Basin. Route description From the west, LA 96 begins at an intersection with LA 182 ( Old Spanish Trail) in an area within the Broussard city limits known as Billeaud. This intersection is located about from an interchange with US 90, connecting with the larger adjacent city of Lafayette as well as New Iberia. LA 96 heads east on Terrace Highway and initially passes a few small industrial establishme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Department Of Transportation And Development
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) is a state government organization in the United States, in charge of maintaining public transportation, roadways, bridges, canals, select levees, floodplain management, port facilities, commercial vehicles, and aviation which includes 69 airports, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The agency has approximately five thousand personnel on staff and an operating budget of $2.3 billion. DOTD operations are run through nine district offices across the state. The current DOTD Secretary is Shawn D. Wilson, appointed in January 2016 by Governor John Bel Edwards. Other functions of the DOTD are Dams (Dam Safety Program), flood control (Floodplain Management, water resource management (wells), and maintaining state-run ferries and moveable bridge status. The Louisiana Transportation Authority (LTA) is also under the DOTD, as well as the DOTD port construction and development. History The Louisiana Highway Commission was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billeaud, Louisiana
Billeaud is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located near the intersection of US 90 and LA Hwy 182 . History The town is named after Martial Billeaud, who in 1889 converted his horse powered syrup mill into a steam powered sugar factory. The new factory was constructed at a cost of $50,000 and had a daily capacity of four hundred tons of cane. Area sugar planters had a local mill for their product. The Billeaud Sugar Mill brought a tremendous wave of prosperity to Broussard, which coincided with the previously mentioned sugar boom in southern Louisiana as a whole. Attractions The Billeaud House comes from the Billeaud Sugar Plantation. It was built prior to the American Civil War. Today it is used as a spinning and weaving cottage. One of the looms is a 150-year-old original. The other is a replica, built locally by 72-year-old Mr. Whitney Breaux for the Bicentennial of Louisiana. Homespun blankets and clothes were w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayou Teche Byway
The Bayou Teche Byway is a Louisiana Scenic Byway that follows several different state highways, primarily: * LA 31 and LA 182 along the west bank of Bayou Teche from Morgan City to Arnaudville; * LA 86 and LA 87 along the east bank of the bayou from Charenton to New Iberia; * LA 96 and LA 352 in a loop off of the bayou from St. Martinville to Henderson via Catahoula; and * LA 347 along the east bank of the bayou from Breaux Bridge Breaux Bridge (;Jack A. Reynolds. "Breaux Bridge" entry i"Louisiana Placenames of Romance Origin."LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses #7852. 1942. p. 77. french: Pont-Breaux; frc, Pont-(de)-Breaux ) is a small city in St. Martin Parish, Loui ... to Arnaudville. References Louisiana Scenic Byways Tourist attractions in Iberia Parish, Louisiana Tourist attractions in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana Tourist attractions in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Tourist attractions in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana Sceni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catahoula Cove, Louisiana
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Catahoula may refer to: * Catahoula Cur, an American dog breed * Catahoula Parish, Louisiana Catahoula Parish (french: Paroisse de Catahoula) is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,407. Its seat is Harrisonburg, on the Ouachita River. The parish was formed in 1808, shortly after the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Labbe, Louisiana
An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered synonyms. Isle may refer to: Geography * Isle (river), a river in France * Isle, Haute-Vienne, a commune of the Haute-Vienne ''département'' in France * Isle, Minnesota, a small city in the United States * River Isle, a river in England Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment'' (or ''ISLE''), a journal published by Oxford University Press for the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment *''The Isle'', 2017 film with Conleth Hill * ''The Isle'', a 2000 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk * ''Isle'' (album) Other uses * International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE), a learned society of linguists See also * Aisle, a space for walking, e.g., in a church, classroom, theatre, supermarket, etc. * Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coteau Holmes, Louisiana
Coteau Holmes is an unincorporated community in St. Martin Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. LA 679 passes through the community. The nearest major town is Loreauville. It is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally Incorporated town, incorporate .... Matthew Broussard is mayor of the city, and Robert "Blue" Broussard is sheriff. Notes Unincorporated communities in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana Highway 679
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bordered by the state of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties, making it one of only two U.S. states not subdivided into counties (the other being Alaska and its boroughs). The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans, with a population of roughly 383,000 people. Some Louisiana urban environments have a multicultural, multilingual heritage, being so strongly influenced by a mixture of 18th century Louisiana French, Dominican Creole, Spanish, French Canadian, Acadian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
