Louisiana Highway 77 (LA 77) is a
state highway in
Louisiana
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that serves
Iberville and
Pointe Coupee
Pointe Coupee Parish ( or ; french: Paroisse de la Pointe-Coupée) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,802; in 2020, its population was 20,758. The parish seat is New Roads.
Pointe ...
parishes. It spans .
Route description
LA 77 begins at
LA 1 near The Island Country Club in
Plaquemine
Plaquemine is a city in and the parish seat of Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area. At the 2010 United States census, the population was 7,119; the 2020 census determined i ...
and runs parallel with Bayou Jacob as it heads west. Leaving Plaquemine, the highway then runs parallel with
LA 3066 and Bayou Plaquemine heading through
Crescent
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In Hinduism, Lord Shiva is often shown wearing a crescent moon on his ...
. Meeting Port Allen Lock, it crosses over the Bayou Grosse Tête Draw Bridge before heading north. It then runs parallel with Port Allen Lock and then heads northwest, intersecting with
LA 386 before heading into
Grosse Tête. The highway then interchanges with
I-10 at exit 139 before entering
Rosedale and intersecting
LA 76. LA 77 then runs parallel with
LA 411 heading into
Maringouin. It then intersects
LA 977 and runs through downtown before meeting LA 76 again before heading north. The highway then enters
Valverda and intersects LA 977 before running parallel with LA 411 and Port Allen Lock. It then intersects
LA 81 and
US 190
U.S. Route 190 (US 190) is an east–west United States Highway in Louisiana and Texas. Segments of US 190 will be upgraded to Interstate 14 (I-14); the first segment was opened on January 26, 2017.
Route description
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before passing through
Livonia
Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...
. The highway then turns to the west and passes through
Fordoche and intersects LA 81 again before turning to the north. LA 77 then meets its northern terminus at
LA 10 and the road continues north assigned as LA 10.
Junction list
Spur route
Louisiana Spur Highway 77 (Spur LA 77) is a highway that covers a glitch in the state highway system. The current LA 77 follows the routing of the original
Jefferson Highway
The Jefferson Highway was an automobile highway stretching through the central United States from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The Jefferson Highway was replaced with the new numbered US Highway system in the late 1920s. ...
, and the LA 77 alignment follows the old road to meet LA 10 West. However, this shortcut is used to reach
Morganza, to the northeast of Livonia.
Junction list
References
External links
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LADOTD map of Numbered Highways in Louisiana
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Transportation in Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Transportation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana