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==Route description== |
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From the west, LA 76 begins at a T-intersection with [[Louisiana Highway 77|LA 77]] in the small [[Iberville Parish, Louisiana|Iberville Parish]] town of [[Maringouin, Louisiana|Maringouin]]. It heads south, continuing the path of LA 77 alongside [[Bayou Maringouin]]. After {{convert|5.8|mi|km}}, [[Louisiana Highway 3000|LA 3000]] picks up the route and proceeds a short distance further to an interchange with [[Interstate 10 in Louisiana|I-10]] at [[Ramah, Louisiana|Ramah]]. Meanwhile, LA 76 turns northeast onto Rosedale Road and continues into the village of [[Rosedale, Louisiana|Rosedale]]. Here, the highway has a second junction with LA 77, which follows [[Bayou Grosse Tete]] through the area. LA 76 crosses a [[bascule bridge]] over the bayou and immediately intersects [[Louisiana Highway 411|LA 411]] on the opposite bank. Just northeast of Rosedale, the surroundings change abruptly from rural farmland to thickly wooded wetlands, and LA 76 crosses into [[West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|West Baton Rouge Parish]].<ref name="GMaps">{{Google maps |url=http://www.google.com/maps/dir/30.48887,-91.5231421/30.4522395,-91.2102607/@30.454827,-91.3625067,21160m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m19!4m18!1m15!3m4!1m2!1d-91.507212!2d30.4191441!3s0x8624135b7c992c0d:0x6e84396a3b907f79!3m4!1m2!1d-91.3726974!2d30.4747906!3s0x86241782901f1d0f:0xc35cd945920b854e!3m4!1m2!1d-91.2321665!2d30.4512101!3s0x86241e6ac608637d:0x53dd41a2dcd033aa!1m0!3e0?hl=en |title=Overview Map of LA 76 |accessdate=March 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name="P24W 2012">{{cite map | |
From the west, LA 76 begins at a T-intersection with [[Louisiana Highway 77|LA 77]] in the small [[Iberville Parish, Louisiana|Iberville Parish]] town of [[Maringouin, Louisiana|Maringouin]]. It heads south, continuing the path of LA 77 alongside [[Bayou Maringouin]]. After {{convert|5.8|mi|km}}, [[Louisiana Highway 3000|LA 3000]] picks up the route and proceeds a short distance further to an interchange with [[Interstate 10 in Louisiana|I-10]] at [[Ramah, Louisiana|Ramah]]. Meanwhile, LA 76 turns northeast onto Rosedale Road and continues into the village of [[Rosedale, Louisiana|Rosedale]]. Here, the highway has a second junction with LA 77, which follows [[Bayou Grosse Tete]] through the area. LA 76 crosses a [[bascule bridge]] over the bayou and immediately intersects [[Louisiana Highway 411|LA 411]] on the opposite bank. Just northeast of Rosedale, the surroundings change abruptly from rural farmland to thickly wooded wetlands, and LA 76 crosses into [[West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana|West Baton Rouge Parish]].<ref name="GMaps">{{Google maps |url=http://www.google.com/maps/dir/30.48887,-91.5231421/30.4522395,-91.2102607/@30.454827,-91.3625067,21160m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m19!4m18!1m15!3m4!1m2!1d-91.507212!2d30.4191441!3s0x8624135b7c992c0d:0x6e84396a3b907f79!3m4!1m2!1d-91.3726974!2d30.4747906!3s0x86241782901f1d0f:0xc35cd945920b854e!3m4!1m2!1d-91.2321665!2d30.4512101!3s0x86241e6ac608637d:0x53dd41a2dcd033aa!1m0!3e0?hl=en |title=Overview Map of LA 76 |accessdate=March 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name="P24W 2012">{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012P |parish=Iberville |sheet=West |accessdate=March 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name="D61 2012">{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012D |district=61 |accessdate=March 22, 2016}}</ref> |
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About {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} across the parish line, LA 76 intersects [[Louisiana Highway 413|LA 413]] (Poydras Bayou Drive), connecting with [[U.S. Route 190 in Louisiana|US 190]] at [[Erwinville, Louisiana|Erwinville]]. Soon afterward, LA 76 curves due east, and the surroundings return to rural farmland. {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=In}} later, LA 76 intersects [[Louisiana Highway 1145|LA 1145]] (Calumet Road) and then dips south slightly to a junction with [[Louisiana Highway 415|LA 415]] (Lobdell Highway), a four-lane thoroughfare. Rosedale Road continues straight ahead as part of [[Louisiana Highway 986|LA 986]] while LA 76 turns south to run concurrent with LA 415 for a short distance. LA 76 turns east again onto Court Street just north of an interchange with I-10 and returns to its original two-lane capacity.<ref name="GMaps"/><ref name="D61 2012"/><ref name="P61 2012">{{cite map | |
About {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} across the parish line, LA 76 intersects [[Louisiana Highway 413|LA 413]] (Poydras Bayou Drive), connecting with [[U.S. Route 190 in Louisiana|US 190]] at [[Erwinville, Louisiana|Erwinville]]. Soon afterward, LA 76 curves due east, and the surroundings return to rural farmland. {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=In}} later, LA 76 intersects [[Louisiana Highway 1145|LA 1145]] (Calumet Road) and then dips south slightly to a junction with [[Louisiana Highway 415|LA 415]] (Lobdell Highway), a four-lane thoroughfare. Rosedale Road continues straight ahead as part of [[Louisiana Highway 986|LA 986]] while LA 76 turns south to run concurrent with LA 415 for a short distance. LA 76 turns east again onto Court Street just north of an interchange with I-10 and returns to its original two-lane capacity.<ref name="GMaps"/><ref name="D61 2012"/><ref name="P61 2012">{{cite LADOTD map |date=2012P |parish=West Baton Rouge |accessdate=March 22, 2016}}</ref> |
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The highway then proceeds into the small city of [[Port Allen, Louisiana|Port Allen]], which serves as the [[parish seat]]. Immediately after crossing the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] (UP) line at grade, LA 76 ends at a junction with [[Louisiana Highway 1|LA 1]] (Alexander Avenue), a divided four-lane highway with service roads. Court Street continues straight ahead toward the [[Mississippi River]] as part of [[Louisiana Highway 987-4|LA 987-4]].<ref name="GMaps"/><ref name="D61 2012"/><ref name="P61 2012"/> |
The highway then proceeds into the small city of [[Port Allen, Louisiana|Port Allen]], which serves as the [[parish seat]]. Immediately after crossing the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] (UP) line at grade, LA 76 ends at a junction with [[Louisiana Highway 1|LA 1]] (Alexander Avenue), a divided four-lane highway with service roads. Court Street continues straight ahead toward the [[Mississippi River]] as part of [[Louisiana Highway 987-4|LA 987-4]].<ref name="GMaps"/><ref name="D61 2012"/><ref name="P61 2012"/> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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In the [[List of original highways in Louisiana|original Louisiana Highway system]] in use between 1921 and 1955, LA 76 was part of several different routes, including [[Louisiana State Route 998|State Route 998]] along Bayou Maringouin; [[Louisiana State Route 142|State Route 142]] to Rosedale; [[Louisiana State Route 1|State Route 1]] and [[Louisiana State Route 7|State Route 7]] to Lobdell Highway; and [[Louisiana State Route 30|State Route 30]] into Port Allen.<ref name="P24 1955">{{cite map | |
In the [[List of original highways in Louisiana|original Louisiana Highway system]] in use between 1921 and 1955, LA 76 was part of several different routes, including [[Louisiana State Route 998|State Route 998]] along Bayou Maringouin; [[Louisiana State Route 142|State Route 142]] to Rosedale; [[Louisiana State Route 1|State Route 1]] and [[Louisiana State Route 7|State Route 7]] to Lobdell Highway; and [[Louisiana State Route 30|State Route 30]] into Port Allen.<ref name="P24 1955">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1955P |parish=Iberville |link=y}}</ref><ref name="P61 1955">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1955P |parish=West Baton Rouge}}</ref> The section between Rosedale and Port Allen had formerly been part of one of the state's most important highways, the [[Jefferson Highway]] [[auto trail]], which was the main traffic route between [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]], and [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]] in the days before the [[United States Numbered Highways|numbered U.S. Highway system]].<ref name="Clason 1925">{{cite map |publisher=Clason Map Company |title=Mileage Map of the Best Roads of Louisiana |year=1925 |author=[[Clason Map Company]]}}</ref> It became part of the original alignment of [[U.S. Route 71 in Louisiana|US 71]] in 1926<ref name="1927 Log">{{cite book |title=United States Numbered Highways, Selected by American Association of State Highway Officials, Approved by United States Department of Agriculture |publisher=[[American Association of State Highway Officials]] |page=28 |year=1927}}</ref><ref name="Clason 1927">{{cite map |publisher=Clason Map Company |title=Mileage Map of the Best Roads of Louisiana |year=1927 |author=Clason Map Company}}</ref> and then US 190 in 1935 when the latter was extended west from Baton Rouge.<ref name="Rand 1934">{{cite map |publisher=[[Texaco]] |title=Texaco Road Map: Arkansas/Louisiana/Mississippi |year=1934 |author=[[Rand McNally]] |edition=Summer}}</ref><ref name="LHC 1935">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1935 |link=y}}</ref> This portion of what is now LA 76 connected to the Baton Rouge ferry across the Mississippi River before the completion of the [[Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)|Huey P. Long Bridge]] upstream on the current alignment of US 190 in 1940.<ref name="T-P 8-11-1940">{{cite news |title=Span Over River at Baton Rouge is Dedicated |newspaper=The Times-Picayune New Orleans States |location=New Orleans |date=August 11, 1940 |page=11}}</ref><ref name="Esso 1941">{{cite map |publisher=[[Esso]] |title=Arkansas, Louisiana & Adjoining Area With Pictorial Guide |date=1941 |author=[[General Drafting]]}}</ref> This and other highway realignments in the area caused the Rosedale Road to decline in importance in the years leading up to the [[Louisiana Department of Highways]]' renumbering of the state highway system in 1955.<ref name="LDH 1955">{{cite LADOTD map |date=1955}}</ref> |
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LA 76 was created in the [[1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering|1955 renumbering]], bringing portions of several different former routes under a single designation.<ref name="S-T 6-18-1955">{{cite news |title=Act No. 40, House Bill No. 311 |newspaper=State-Times |location=Baton Rouge |date=June 18, 1955 |pages=3B–4B}}</ref> |
LA 76 was created in the [[1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering|1955 renumbering]], bringing portions of several different former routes under a single designation.<ref name="S-T 6-18-1955">{{cite news |title=Act No. 40, House Bill No. 311 |newspaper=State-Times |location=Baton Rouge |date=June 18, 1955 |pages=3B–4B}}</ref> |
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[[Category:State highways in Louisiana|0076]] |
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Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
Length | 25.516 mi[1] (41.064 km) | |||
Existed | 1955 renumbering–present | |||
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Land | Vereinigte Staaten | |||
State | Louisiana | |||
Parishes | Iberville, West Baton Rouge | |||
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Louisiana Highway 76 (LA 76) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana. It runs 25.52 miles (41.07 km) in a general east–west direction from LA 77 in Maringouin to the junction of LA 1 and LA 987-4 in Port Allen.
The route initially heads south from Maringouin alongside the bayou of the same name before turning east through the village of Rosedale. This portion of LA 76 makes a loop off of LA 77 and connects the two communities to Interstate 10 (I-10) via LA 3000 at Ramah. East of Rosedale, LA 76 crosses from Iberville Parish into West Baton Rouge Parish and parallels I-10 into Port Allen, the parish seat. The east–west portion of LA 76 is also signed as an Incident Alternate Route of I-10.
LA 76 was designated in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, essentially replacing State Route 998 and State Route 142 west of Rosedale, as well as short portions of State Route 1, State Route 7, and State Route 30 between Rosedale and Port Allen. This latter stretch had served as part of the Jefferson Highway auto trail, as well as U.S. Highways 71 and 190 before the completion of the Huey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi River in 1940.
Route description
From the west, LA 76 begins at a T-intersection with LA 77 in the small Iberville Parish town of Maringouin. It heads south, continuing the path of LA 77 alongside Bayou Maringouin. After 5.8 miles (9.3 km), LA 3000 picks up the route and proceeds a short distance further to an interchange with I-10 at Ramah. Meanwhile, LA 76 turns northeast onto Rosedale Road and continues into the village of Rosedale. Here, the highway has a second junction with LA 77, which follows Bayou Grosse Tete through the area. LA 76 crosses a bascule bridge over the bayou and immediately intersects LA 411 on the opposite bank. Just northeast of Rosedale, the surroundings change abruptly from rural farmland to thickly wooded wetlands, and LA 76 crosses into West Baton Rouge Parish.[2][3][4]
About 3.5 miles (5.6 km) across the parish line, LA 76 intersects LA 413 (Poydras Bayou Drive), connecting with US 190 at Erwinville. Soon afterward, LA 76 curves due east, and the surroundings return to rural farmland. Four miles (6.4 km) later, LA 76 intersects LA 1145 (Calumet Road) and then dips south slightly to a junction with LA 415 (Lobdell Highway), a four-lane thoroughfare. Rosedale Road continues straight ahead as part of LA 986 while LA 76 turns south to run concurrent with LA 415 for a short distance. LA 76 turns east again onto Court Street just north of an interchange with I-10 and returns to its original two-lane capacity.[2][4][5]
The highway then proceeds into the small city of Port Allen, which serves as the parish seat. Immediately after crossing the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) line at grade, LA 76 ends at a junction with LA 1 (Alexander Avenue), a divided four-lane highway with service roads. Court Street continues straight ahead toward the Mississippi River as part of LA 987-4.[2][4][5]
Route classification and data
LA 76 has several different classifications by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD) over the course of its route. It generally functions as a rural minor collector along the Bayou Maringouin road, a rural major collector along Rosedale Road, an urban principal arterial along Lobdell Highway, and an urban minor arterial along Court Street. Daily traffic volume in 2013 peaked at 24,100 vehicles on Lobdell Highway outside of Port Allen. The lowest numbers were reported south of Maringouin with an average between 790 and 970 vehicles per day.[6] The posted speed limit is generally 55 mph (90 km/h)* in rural areas, but is reduced as low as 25 mph (40 km/h)* through town.[2]
History
In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, LA 76 was part of several different routes, including State Route 998 along Bayou Maringouin; State Route 142 to Rosedale; State Route 1 and State Route 7 to Lobdell Highway; and State Route 30 into Port Allen.[7][8] The section between Rosedale and Port Allen had formerly been part of one of the state's most important highways, the Jefferson Highway auto trail, which was the main traffic route between New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport in the days before the numbered U.S. Highway system.[9] It became part of the original alignment of US 71 in 1926[10][11] and then US 190 in 1935 when the latter was extended west from Baton Rouge.[12][13] This portion of what is now LA 76 connected to the Baton Rouge ferry across the Mississippi River before the completion of the Huey P. Long Bridge upstream on the current alignment of US 190 in 1940.[14][15] This and other highway realignments in the area caused the Rosedale Road to decline in importance in the years leading up to the Louisiana Department of Highways' renumbering of the state highway system in 1955.[16]
LA 76 was created in the 1955 renumbering, bringing portions of several different former routes under a single designation.[17]
Class "B": La 76—From a junction with La 77 at or near Rosedale to a junction with La 1 at or near Port Allen.
Class "C": La 76—From a junction with La 77 at or near Maringouin through or near Ramah to a junction with La 77 at or near Rosedale.— 1955 legislative route description[17]
With the 1955 renumbering, the state highway department initially categorized all routes into three classes: "A" (primary), "B" (secondary), and "C" (farm-to-market).[18] This system has since been updated and replaced by a more specific functional classification system.
Future
La DOTD is currently engaged in a program that aims to transfer about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of state-owned roadways to local governments over the next several years.[19] Under this plan of "right-sizing" the state highway system, the eastern portion of LA 76 along Court Street in the Port Allen area is proposed for deletion as it no longer meets a significant interurban travel function.[20]
Major intersections
Parish | Standort | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Iberville | Maringouin | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus |
| 5.813 | 9.355 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of LA 3000 | |
Rosedale | 9.394 | 15.118 | ![]() | ||
9.411– 9.454 | 15.146– 15.215 | Bridge over Bayou Grosse Tete | |||
9.457 | 15.220 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 411 | ||
West Baton Rouge | | 14.164 | 22.795 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 413 |
| 20.619 | 33.183 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 1145 | |
| 22.596 | 36.365 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of LA 986; west end of LA 415 concurrency | |
| 23.377– 23.462 | 37.622– 37.758 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | East end of LA 415 concurrency | |
Port Allen | 25.506– 25.516 | 41.048– 41.064 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of LA 76; western terminus of LA 987-4 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "La DOTD GIS Data". Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. September 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Overview Map of LA 76" (Map). Google Maps. Google. March 22, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (February 2012). Iberville Parish (West Section) (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ a b c Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (February 2012). District 61: Official Control Section Map, Construction and Maintenance (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ a b Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (February 2012). West Baton Rouge Parish (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
- ^ "La DOTD GIS". Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. 2013. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Louisiana Department of Highways, Traffic and Planning Section (1953). Iberville Parish (Map) (January 1, 1955 ed.). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Highways.
- ^ Louisiana Department of Highways, Traffic and Planning Section (1949). West Baton Rouge Parish (Map) (January 1, 1955 ed.). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Highways.
- ^ Clason Map Company (1925). Mileage Map of the Best Roads of Louisiana (Map). Clason Map Company.
- ^ United States Numbered Highways, Selected by American Association of State Highway Officials, Approved by United States Department of Agriculture. American Association of State Highway Officials. 1927. p. 28.
- ^ Clason Map Company (1927). Mileage Map of the Best Roads of Louisiana (Map). Clason Map Company.
- ^ Rand McNally (1934). Texaco Road Map: Arkansas/Louisiana/Mississippi (Map) (Summer ed.). Texaco.
- ^ Louisiana Highway Commission; Hal M. Bourg (July 1, 1935). Official Road Map of Louisiana (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Highway Commission.
- ^ "Span Over River at Baton Rouge is Dedicated". The Times-Picayune New Orleans States. New Orleans. August 11, 1940. p. 11.
- ^ General Drafting (1941). Arkansas, Louisiana & Adjoining Area With Pictorial Guide (Map). Esso.
- ^ Louisiana Department of Highways (July 1, 1955). Louisiana Highways: Interim Road Map (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Highways.
- ^ a b "Act No. 40, House Bill No. 311". State-Times. Baton Rouge. June 18, 1955. pp. 3B–4B.
- ^ "Engineering Directives and Standards: Authorization and Definition of the State Highway System". Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. January 18, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2013.
- ^ "Right-Sizing the State Highway System" (PDF). Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. April 2013. p. 3. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Office of Multimodal Planning (October 4, 2012). Right-Sizing the State Highway System: District 61 (PDF) (Map). Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
External links
- Maps / GIS Data Homepage, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development