Interstate 210 East

East

Interstate 210 branches southeast from a directional T interchange with I-10 over a Union Pacific Railroad line and Pete Manena Road. 05/19/14

The first confirming marker stands beyond the entrance ramp from Pete Manena Road. 05/19/14

I-210 angles southeast across the Calcasieu River at Prien Lake 1.5 miles to Exit 3 with Golden Nugget Boulevard and Prien Lake Road. 05/19/14

The South City Bridge climbs to a height of 157.5 feet above the navigation channel on Prien Lake. 05/19/14

The I-210 Prien Lake Bridge Repair Project started on January 7, 2019. Costing $35 million, the construction redecked a 930 foot long section of the span. Work through January 2020 also added new guardrails, a walkway under the deck for bridge inspections and highway lighting.1 05/19/14

The 8,700 long span curves southeast onto a peninsula adjacent to Indian Bay. 05/19/14

Exit 3 departs I-210 eastbound at Israel Lafleur Park for Prien Lake Road south and east and Golden Nugget Boulevard north to the Golden Nugget Lake Charles Casino. 05/19/14

$38.6 million in construction underway from October 2013 to Spring 2015 expanded Exit 3 with Cove Lane / W Prien Lake Road into a full diamond interchange. Part of the $80 million, three phase, Cove Lane Interchange Project, subsequent work built Golden Nugget Road north.2 10/22/03

The Cove Lane Interchange project expanded Interstate 210 with auxiliary lanes between Prien Lake Road (Exit 3) and LA 1138-2 / Nelson Road (Exit 4). Work at Exit 3 was completed with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held on July 1, 2015.3 10/22/03

Exit 4 departs I-210 eastbound for LA 1138-1 (W Prien Lake Road / Nelson Road), LA 1138-2 and L'sAuberge Boulevard. 05/19/14

LA 1138-1 follows an L-shaped route south 2.00 miles from W Prien Lake Road to LA 384 (Country Club Road) and east 1.86 miles alongside I-210 to LA 385 (Ryan Street). LA 1138-2 spurs 0.39 mile north, with a proposed extension 0.67 mile to Sallier Street at the Port of Lake Charles. 05/19/14

The freeway ascends over Holly Hill Road one half mile west of the diamond interchange (Exit 5) with Lake Street. 05/19/14

Built in 1964, I-210 spans Bayou Contraband across a 28 foot wide, 605 foot long bridge.4 05/19/14

Lake Street is a four lane arterial leading south to Lake Charles Regional Airport (LCH) and north by Prien Lake Mall to Shell Beach Drive off Lake Charles. 05/19/14

Auxiliary lanes open along I-210 between Lake Street and the modified diamond interchange (Exit 6) with College Street and LA 385 (Ryan Street). 05/19/14

Louisiana Highway 385 follows Ryan Street south from Downtown Lake Charles to McNeese State University. The 15.99 mile long route dog legs east along McNeese Street to Common Street and Gulf Highway south to LA 384. 05/19/14

Formerly numbered Exit 6B, Exit 7 connects I-210 east with Louisiana Avenue and Enterprise Boulevard. Louisiana Avenue is a residential street paralleling Enterprise Boulevard one block to the west. 05/19/14

Exit 7 departs I-210 east just beyond the Common Street underpass onto adjacent College Street at LaGrange High School. 05/19/14

Louisiana Avenue merges with Enterprise Boulevard as the arterial extends southward to LA 3186 (McNeese Street) near McNeese State University. Enterprise Boulevard continues north to I-10. 05/19/14

I-210 crosses Texas Street 0.75 mile ahead of Exit 8 for LA 14 (Gerstner Memorial Drive). LA 14 is a 100.44 mile long highway beginning at U.S. 90 in Downtown Lake Charles and ending at LA 182 in New Iberia. 05/19/14

I-210 kinks northward through an S-curve between Texas Street and 5th Avenue. 05/19/14

Navigating along a stair stepped route, LA 14 (Gertsner Memorial Drive) travels 10.7 miles southeast from I-210 in Lake Charles to intersect the east end of LA 27. 05/19/14

Exit 8 leaves Interstate 210 east for a commercialized stretch of LA 14. LA 14 extends 2.6 miles north to U.S. 90 at the south end of U.S. 171. 05/19/14

Part of a 132 mile long loop south from Calcasieu Parish, LA 27 heads 23 miles south from LA 14 to Creola and 37 miles to Cameron on the Gulf Coast. 05/19/14

Interstate 210 makes a 90 degree northward turn from the modified diamond interchange (Exit 8) with LA 14 ahead of Exit 10 with Legion Street. 05/19/14

Interstate 210 crosses a Union Pacific Railroad line a half mile south of the diamond interchange (Exit 10) with Legion Street. The forthcoming off-ramp was previously numbered Exit 10A. 05/19/14

Legion Street loops east from LA 14 (Gertsner Memorial Drive) to Chennault International Airport (CWF) and north to Broad Street. 05/19/14

Continuing 0.6 miles north from Legion Street, Interstate 210 meets U.S. 90 Business at Broad Street west and Pamco Road north. 05/19/14

Entering the split diamond interchange (Exit 11) with Broad Street and U.S. 90 Business. U.S. 90 Business runs along the west side of I-210 along Pamco Road to the north. Leading west, the bannered route follows Broad Street two miles to Enterprise Boulevard, which returns it to U.S. 90 at I-10. 05/19/14

Interstate 210 separates into ramps for I-10 one mile beyond the Broad Street underpass. 05/19/14

Spanning U.S. 90 (Fruge Street), I-10 advances a half mile to the partition at Left Exit 12 for Interstate 10 west through Lake Charles and east to Lafayette. 05/19/14

The entrance ramp from U.S. 90 adds a second lane for Interstate 10 east beyond the Union Pacific Railroad underpass. 05/19/14

Traffic at the east end of Interstate 210 separates through a directional T interchange near Mallard Junction. 05/19/14

Passing north of Downtown Lake Charles, westbound I-10 weaves through the city street grid to a high rise bridge over the Calcasieu River. Lafayette is a 63 mile drive via I-10 eastbound. 05/19/14

Left Exit 12 leads motorists onto Interstate 10 west ahead of U.S. 171. U.S. 171 is an intrastate route between Lake Charles and Shreveport via DeRidder. 05/19/14

Photo Credits:

10/22/03, 05/19/14 by AARoads

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Interstate 10
U.S. 90

Page Updated 11-17-2019.