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unusual facts about Louisiana Highway 611-1



Louisiana Highway 611

From the south, LA 611-3 begins at an intersection with LA 611-1 (River Road) in Jefferson and, after passing the Jefferson Parish Streets Department facility, terminates at an intersection with U.S. 90 (Jefferson Highway).

LA 3152 has since been extended south over South Clearview Parkway to U.S. 90/LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) at the Huey P. Long Bridge and north to I-10 over most of its former route.

In its original form, the route of LA 611-3 included what was once a small piece of the Jefferson Highway (State Route 1 in the pre-1955 Louisiana highway system) and U.S. 61 prior to the direct extension of Jefferson Highway into South Claiborne Avenue in 1928.

The route originally covered all of Little Farms Avenue from LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) to U.S. 61 but was shortened before being renumbered to LA 3155 in 1972.

From the south, LA 611-12 began at an intersection with LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) in Harahan.

These highways were moved off of the route in 1928-1929 when Jefferson Highway was extended along the Orleans-Kenner interurban streetcar right-of-way from Shrewsbury Road to the Protection Levee at South Claiborne Avenue to provide a more direct entrance into New Orleans.

After an intersection with U.S. 90 (Jefferson Highway), LA 611-4 continued northward to a dead end at the railroad tracks south of LA 3139 (Earhart Expressway).

After an intersection with former LA 611-6 (Cicero Street), it continued northward to a terminus at U.S. 90 (Jefferson Highway).

LA 611-2 continued along Central Avenue northward to a terminus at U.S. 90/LA 48 (Jefferson Highway).

From the west, LA 611-6 began at an intersection with U.S. 90 (Jefferson Highway) in Jefferson.

In December 1916, the route of today's LA 611-9 was designated as the New Orleans entrance of the Jefferson Highway.


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