Louisiana Highway 21

Louisiana Highway 21
Louisiana Highway 21
Route information
	Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length	52.1 mi (83.8 km)
Existed	1955 renumbering–present
Major junctions
South end	LA 22 / LA 1077 in Madisonville
	I-12 near Covington; US 190 in Covington; LA 36 in Covington; LA 59 near Waldheim; LA 40 near Bush; LA 41 in Bush; LA 16 in Sun; LA 10 in Bogalusa;
North end	MS 35 at Mississippi state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Highway system
	Louisiana State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

Louisiana Highway 21 (LA 21) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany and Washington Parishes. It spans 51.76 miles (83.30 km) and is signed north and south.

Route description

From the south, LA 21 begins at an intersection with LA 22 and LA 1077 in Madisonville, where LA 21 assumes the trajectory of LA 1077 and heads northeast. LA 1077 branches to the northwest before LA 21 intersects Interstate 12 (I-12). From south of I-12 and until joining U.S. Route 190 Business (US 190 Bus.) on 21st Avenue in Covington, LA 21 is multilaned, in places divided by a median or by a center turn lane, with some control of access.^[1]

Improved, multilane, divided section of LA 21 between Covington and Madisonville

Through most of Covington, LA 21 is in a mostly two-lane undivided highway concurrent with US 190 Bus., which returns to US 190 on the east side of Covington—an area known as Claiborne Hill. After intersecting US 190 and before leaving Covington cosigned as Military Road, LA 21 absorbs LA 36 and continues northeastward, absorbing LA 59 and entering a brief concurrency with Louisiana Highway 40 in Bush for less than one mile (1.6 km). Between Bush and Sun, LA 21 widens to a four lane, divided highway after merging Louisiana Highway 41, continuing due north from the merge. In Sun LA 21 absorbs LA 16 and continues northward to Bogalusa, where LA 21 intersects LA 10. LA 21 then runs north through Varnado and Angie before becoming Mississippi Highway 35 at the state line.^[1]

Major intersections

Parish	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
St. Tammany	Madisonville	0.0	0.0	LA 22 (Mulberry Street) / LA 1077 south (Main Street) – Fairview Riverside State Park, Maritime Museum	South end of LA 1077 overlap
		1.2	1.9	LA 1077 north to I-12	North end of LA 1077 overlap
		3.4– 3.6	5.5– 5.8	I-12 – Hammond, Slidell	I-12 exit 59
	Covington	6.6	10.6	US 190 Bus. west (West 21st Avenue) / North Tyler Street	South end of US 190 Bus. overlap
		7.8	12.6	US 190 east to I-12 – Mandeville, New Orleans	Interchange; westbound US 190 entrance only
		7.9– 8.0	12.7– 12.9	US 190 Bus. east to US 190 – Franklinton	North end of US 190 Bus. overlap
		8.0– 8.1	12.9– 13.0	LA 36 east (Covington Highway) – Abita Springs	Western terminus of LA 36
		11.9	19.2	LA 1082 north (Old Military Road)	Southern terminus of LA 1082
		12.3	19.8	LA 59 south (Range Line Road) – Abita Springs	Northern terminus of LA 59
		13.1	21.1	LA 1084 east	Western terminus of LA 1084
	Waldheim	15.2	24.5	LA 1083 south	South end of LA 1083 overlap
	Waldheim	15.4	24.8	LA 1083 north (Ben Williams Road)	North end of LA 1083 overlap
		21.9	35.2	LA 40 west / Daisy Road	South end of LA 40 overlap
		22.4	36.0	LA 40 east / Columbia Road	North end of LA 40 overlap
		23.3	37.5	LA 41 south – Slidell	Northern terminus of LA 41
	Sun	25.5	41.0	LA 16 west	Eastern terminus of LA 16
Washington		27.4	44.1	LA 1075 north	Southern terminus of LA 1075
	Bogalusa	36.3	58.4	LA 10 (Louisiana Avenue)
		38.8	62.4	LA 436 east	Terminus of LA 1082
		42.9	69.0	LA 436 – Pine, Franklinton
	Varnado	44.0	70.8	LA 436-1 east (Main Street) / Seal Cemetery Road – Varnado High School	Western terminus of LA 436-1
	Angie	48.9	78.7	LA 1071 east	Western terminus of LA 1071
	Angie	49.4	79.5	LA 438 west (Elm Street)	Eastern terminus of LA 438
		52.1	83.8	MS 35 north – Columbia	Mississippi state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access