Interstate 49 North - Bunkie to Alexandria

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Interstate 49 North
Turning northwest again, Interstate 49 parallels Bayou Boeuf - Cocodrie Diversion Channel and the Avoyelles / Evangeline Parish line to Exit 53 for LA 115 near Haas. 09/04/09
LA 115 leads 4.7 miles east from Interstate 49 to the residential street grid in the city of Bunkie. 09/04/09
Measuring 60.63 miles in length, LA 115 extends north from Bunkie to Hessmer, Marksville and LA 28 near Catahoula Lake. LA 115 south meanders along Bayou Cocodrie from Lone Pine to LA 106 near St. Landry. 09/04/09
Continuing northwest, Interstate 49 enters Rapides Parish ahead of the diamond interchange (Exit 56) with LA 181. 09/04/09
LA 181 stems north from LA 115 near Lone Pike 4.21 miles to Greenwood Avenue and U.S. 71 in the town of Cheneyville. 09/04/09
U.S. 167 returns to Interstate 49 north from the village of Turkey Creek in Evangeline Parish. 09/04/09
U.S. 167 heads north from the diamond interchange at Exit 61 to combine with U.S. 71 by the settlement of Meeker. 09/04/09
U.S. 71/167 overlap 13.8 miles northwest through the town of Lecompte en route to I-49 at south Alexandria. 10/18/03, 09/04/09
Curving north by Beaver Creek Swamp, Interstate 49 advances to the diamond interchange (Exit 66) with LA 112 at western reaches of the Lecompte town limits. 09/04/09
West from Exit 66, LA 112 runs 6.7 miles to an overlap with U.S. 165 north in the village of Forest Hill. 09/04/09
The 80.83 mile long route of LA 112 concludes east of I-49 at U.S. 71/167 and Wall Street. LA 112 west originates from U.S. 171/190 outside DeRidder. 09/04/09
Interstate 49 passes east of Alexander State Forest and Indian Creek Reservoir north to Exit 73 for LA 3265 west to the town of Woodworth. 09/04/09
A 2.93 mile long highway, LA 3265 (Robinson Bridge Road) links I-49 with U.S. 165 at Castor Plunge Road in Woodworth. 09/04/09
Parish Route 22 extends Robinson Bridge Road southeast 1.99 miles along Bayou Boeuf to LA 470. 10/18/03
Curving northeast away from the parallel Union Pacific Railroad line, Interstate 49 converges with U.S. 71/167 at MacArthur Drive at Exit 80 in two miles. 09/04/09
U.S. 167 combines with I-49 north from Exit 80 to Pineville Expressway. U.S. 67 angles northwest along MacArthur Drive, an arterial encircling west Alexandria. 09/04/09
I-49 spans Gene Ball drive a half mile ahead of the directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 80) with U.S. 71/167 (MacArthur Drive). 09/04/09
Prior to the completion of Interstate 49 through Alexandria in 1996, U.S. 167 followed MacArthur Drive to Lee Street and the couplet of Mason/Overton Streets. The former route was redesignated as U.S. 167 Business. 09/04/09
U.S. 71 (MacArthur Drive) north returns to I-49 alongside U.S. 165 in 7.2 miles. 09/04/09
Interstate 49 U.S. 167 North
U.S. 167 joins I-49 north for 3.5 miles to Exit 84. 09/04/09
A half diamond interchange (Exit 81) links LA 3250 (Sugar House Road) with I-49/U.S. 167 two miles south of Exit 83 to Broadway Avenue. 09/04/09
I-49/U.S. 167 run north between a Union Pacific Railroad line and Eddie Williams Avenue to the parclo interchange (Exit 83) with Broadway Avenue. 09/04/09
I-49/U.S. 167 elevate onto a viaduct north across a Kansas City Southern Railroad line, Broadway and Hynson Bayou. 10/18/03
Broadway Avenue angles 1.93 miles northeast from U.S. 167 Business (Lee Street) to LA 1 along the couplet of 2nd/3rd Streets. 09/04/09
U.S. 167 branches northeast alongside LA 28 on the Pineville Expressway to Pineville and Tioga. U.S. 167 north to U.S. 165 leads to Monroe. 10/18/03
Exit 84 departs I-49 north with two lanes for U.S. 167/LA 28 (Pineville Expressway) and LA 1 (Casson Street). 10/18/03
Exit 85 A departs from within the directional T interchange linking I-49 and U.S. 167/LA 28 (Pineville Expressway) to M.L. King Drive (10th Street) and Lee Street by Downtown Alexandria. 10/18/03
Interstate 49 North Louisiana Highway 28 West
Downtown Alexandria lies between the elevated lanes of I-49 and the Red River. 10/18/03
LA 28 combines with I-49 north ahead of Exit 85 B for Medical Center Drive east and Monroe Street west. 10/18/03
Monroe Street west leads onto Rapides Avenue west 0.50 miles to U.S. 165 Business/LA 1 (Bolton Avenue). Medical Center Drive leads east to Rapides regional Medical Center at 4th Street. 09/04/09
LA 28 parts ways with I-49 north for an overlap along U.S. 71/165 (MacArthur Drive) south to Coliseum Boulevard. LA 28 travels west beyond Rapids Parish Coliseum to U.S. 171 by the Vernon Parish seat of Leesville. 09/04/09
U.S. 71/165 overlap south to Masonic Circle and east across the Curtis Coleman Memorial Bridge spanning the Red River into Pineville. 09/04/09
U.S. 71 parallels I-49 northwest to Shreveport while U.S. 165 heads north from Pineville to Monroe. 09/04/09
A high flyover links I-49/LA 28 north with U.S. 71/165 south at the cloverstack interchange (Exit 86) with MacArthur Drive. 09/04/09
Curving northwest through the exchange at Exit 86, Interstate 49 spans a Union Pacific Railroad line. 09/04/09
Interstate 49 North
Advancing northwest, Interstate 49 travels between LA 1 (Bolton Avenue) and the Red River to a diamond interchange (Exit 90) with LA 498 (Airbase Road). 09/04/09
LA 498 south to England Drive west leads toward the passenger terminal at Alexandria International Airport (AEX). 09/04/09
LA 498 constitutes a 5.09 mile long route from Exit 90 in northwest Alexandria south to U.S. 71/165-LA 28 (MacArthur Drive) at Veterans Drive. 09/04/09, 10/18/03
Rapides Station Road (Parish Route 23) stems 2.60 miles south from Interstate 49 to N Bayou Rapides Road northwest of Well. 09/04/09
River Road extends north from the diamond interchange at Exit 94 to parallel Old Boyce Highway and Shuler Road. 09/04/09
Forthcoming Exit 98 joins Interstate 49 with parallel LA 1 outside the town of Boyce. 09/04/09
I-49 shifts west of LA 1 to bypass Boyce. LA 1 remains east of the freeway northward to Natchitoches and Shreveport. 09/04/09
West from the half diamond interchange at Exit 98, LA 1 enters Boyce along Pacific Avenue. LA 1 stretches 431.77 miles from Grand Isle along the Gulf of Mexico to the northwestern corner of the state. 09/04/09
LA 8/1200 ties into I-49 at a diamond interchange (Exit 99) just outside the Boyce street grid. 09/04/09
LA 1200 travels 9.40 miles southwest from I-49/LA 8 to Hot Wells, Cotile Lake and Miller Street at Wilda. 09/04/09
LA 8 extends north from LA 1200 and Boyce across the Red River to the Grant Parish seat of Colfax. The 156.10 mile long highway turns east to Jena and U.S. 425 at Sicily Island. 09/04/09
Interstate 49 North Louisiana Highway 8 West
LA 8 joins Interstate 49 northwest 3.53 miles to the succeeding exit. Prior to the completion of I-49, LA 8 overlapped with parallel LA 1 north from Boyce. 10/18/03
LA 8 branches 9.6 miles west from the diamond interchange at Exit 103 to the unincorporated community of Flatwoods. 09/04/09
LA 8 Spur links I-49/LA 8 with adjacent LA 1 and Old LA 8 near Zimmerman. 09/04/09
LA 8 travels 61.69 miles west from Interstate 49 to Simpson, Leesville and Texas Highway 63. 09/04/09
Interstate 49 North
Lena Flatwoods Road meets Interstate 49 south from LA 1 and the unincorporated community of Lena. 09/04/09
Lena Flatwoods Road meanders 8.55 miles southwest to LA 8 near Flatwoods. 09/04/09
A diamond interchange connects Interstate 49 with Lena Flatwoods Road at Exit 107. 09/04/09
Interstate 49 crosses the Natchitoches Parish line 109.27 miles north of I-10/LA 182 at Lafayette. 09/04/09


 


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10/18/03, 09/04/09 by AARoads

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Page Updated 06-28-2023.

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