Louisiana Highway 15
Louisiana Highway 15 | ||||
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 Route of LA 15 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
| Length | 194.102 mi[1] (312.377 km) | |||
| Existed | 1955 renumbering–present | |||
| Tourist routes |  National Scenic Byway: Great River Road | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   LA 1 / LA 970 in Lettsworth | |||
| North end |   US 63 / US 167 in Lillie | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Louisiana | |||
| Parishes | Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, Concordia, Catahoula, Franklin, Richland, Ouachita, Union | |||
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Louisiana Highway 15 (LA 15) is a state highway located in central and northern Louisiana. It runs 194.10 miles (312.37 km) in a north–south direction from the junction of LA 1 and LA 970 in Lettsworth to the concurrent U.S. Highways 63 and 167 in Lillie. The middle portion of the route, extending 56 miles (90 km) from Ferriday to just north of Mangham, is co-signed with US 425 and is a major four-lane highway through the area.
Route description
LA 15 begins at a junction with LA 1 in Pointe Coupee Parish. The highway heads north and crosses several bridges spanning various channels of the Old River Control Structure. LA 15 parallels the Mississippi River through a remote rural section of Concordia Parish before reaching junctions with US 84 and US 425 in Ferriday.[2][3][4]
Beginning in Ferriday, LA 15 is co-signed with US 425 and becomes a major four-lane through route. The highway passes through the communities of Clayton, Sicily Island, Wisner, and Gilbert before entering the city of Winnsboro. Here, US 425 and LA 15 make connections with LA 4 and LA 17.[2][4]
Continuing northward, the highway travels through Baskin and Mangham. Just beyond Mangham, at a point known as Archibald, LA 15 turns northwest off of US 425 and proceeds into Monroe, one of northern Louisiana's two metropolitan areas. The route crosses mainline US 165 on the way into town then overlaps US 165 Bus. into the downtown area. During this stretch, LA 15 has a diamond interchange with I-20 and passes the Monroe Civic Center.[2][4][5]
In Downtown Monroe, LA 15 turns west and runs concurrent with US 80 across the Ouachita River and into the neighboring city of West Monroe. Just beyond the Lea Joyner Bridge, US 80 and LA 15 intersect LA 34 then zigzag through town, intersecting several major thoroughfares that provide access to the parallel I-20. West of the city limits, LA 15 turns off of US 80 and heads northwest to Farmerville, situated on Lake D'Arbonne.[2][5]
LA 15 overlaps both LA 33 and LA 2 in Farmerville. The route continues through rural Union Parish until reaching its terminus at US 63/US 167 at Lillie, just west of Spearsville.[2][5]
History
Much of the present route of LA 15 originated as State Route 15 prior to the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering. It was one of the few state highways whose number was carried over into the new system. Differences from the modern route include bypassed portions such as Old Highway 15, Louisiana Highway 3210, and various country roads. The highway south of Vidalia and into Pointe Coupee Parish was not part of LA 15 until the 1960s, after the renumbering. There is also a section of the Great River Road in Plaquemines Parish that is called Highway 15.
Beginning at Farmersville, through Monroe, Rhymes Store, Alta, R.S. Baughton's Store, Mangham, Winnsboro, Sicily Island, Clayton, to a point on Route 3.
— 1921 Louisiana Legislative Route Description
Major intersections
| Parish | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe Coupee | Lettsworth | 0.000 | 0.000 | LA 1 – Simmesport, New Roads LA 970 south | Southern terminus; southern end of LA 970 concurrency; location also known as Keller |
| | 2.653 | 4.270 |  LA 970 north | Northern end of LA 970 concurrency; to Pointe Coupee Parish Port | |
| Torras | 4.907 | 7.897 |  LA 418 | To Pointe Coupee Parish Port | |
| | 5.913– 6.081 | 9.516– 9.786 | Bridge over Old River Lock | ||
| West Feliciana | No major intersections | ||||
| Concordia | | 14.232– 17.063 | 22.904– 27.460 | Three bridges over Old River Control Structure channels | |
| Shaw | 24.665 | 39.694 |  LA 910 (Dora Knapp Road) | Eastern terminus of LA 910 | |
| Deer Park | 42.243 | 67.984 |  LA 565 – Monterey | Southeastern terminus of LA 565 | |
| St. Genevieve | 51.109 | 82.252 |  LA 131 – Vidalia | Southern terminus of LA 131 | |
| | 57.962 | 93.281 |  LA 3232 | Western terminus of LA 3232 | |
| Ferriday | 59.110– 59.132 | 95.128– 95.164 |   US 84 west (Louisiana Avenue) – Jonesville | Southern end of US 84 concurrency | |
| 59.613 | 95.938 |   US 84 east / US 425 south (E.E. Wallace Boulevard) – Vidalia, Natchez LA 568 (Louisiana Avenue) | Northern end of US 84 concurrency; southern end of US 425 concurrency; southern terminus of LA 568 | ||
| 59.946 | 96.474 |  LA 903 (Kentucky Avenue) | Eastern terminus of LA 903 | ||
| Clayton | 65.617– 65.752 | 105.600– 105.818 |  US 65 north – Newellton, Tallulah | Southern terminus of US 65 | |
| 66.229 | 106.585 |  LA 566 (McAdams Road, River Drive) | |||
| Concordia–Catahoula parish line | 66.299– 66.437 | 106.698– 106.920 | Bridge over Tensas River | ||
| Catahoula | Lee Bayou | 69.494 | 111.840 |  LA 567 | Eastern terminus of LA 567 |
| Foules | 74.216 | 119.439 |  LA 921 | ||
| Sicily Island | 78.465 | 126.277 |  LA 8 west (Newman Avenue) – Harrisonburg, Jena | Eastern terminus of LA 8 | |
| Peck | 83.793 | 134.852 |  LA 913 | Northern terminus of LA 913 | |
| | 85.518 | 137.628 |  LA 3148 (Norris Hill Road) | Western terminus of LA 3148 | |
| Franklin | Wisner | 87.839 | 141.363 |  LA 562 west (Oak Street) | Southern end of LA 562 concurrency |
| 88.140 | 141.848 | LA 562 east | Northern end of LA 562 concurrency | ||
| | 89.113 | 143.413 |  LA 875 | Northern terminus of LA 875 | |
| Gilbert | 92.471 | 148.818 |  LA 128 west (Gill Street) | Southern end of LA 128 concurrency | |
| 92.626 | 149.067 |  LA 572 | Western terminus of LA 572 | ||
| 93.046 | 149.743 | LA 128 east (Lee Street) | Northern end of LA 128 concurrency | ||
| Chase | 96.212 | 154.838 |  LA 3210 | Southern terminus of LA 3210 | |
| 97.878 | 157.519 | LA 3210 | Northern terminus of LA 3210 | ||
| Winnsboro | 100.451 | 161.660 |  LA 3201 | Eastern terminus of LA 3201 | |
| 100.787 | 162.201 |  LA 864 (Loop Road) | Southern terminus of LA 864 | ||
| 101.480 | 163.316 |  LA 865 (West Street) | Northern terminus of LA 865 (southern segment) | ||
| 102.009 | 164.168 |  LA 4 west (Prairie Road) – Columbia | Southern end of LA 4 concurrency | ||
| 102.290– 102.333 | 164.620– 164.689 |  LA 4 east / LA 17 north (Kinloch Street) – Delhi LA 130 west (Taylor Avenue) – Liddieville | Northern end of LA 4 concurrency; southern terminus of LA 17; eastern terminus of LA 130 | ||
| 104.913 | 168.841 |  LA 868 | Southern terminus of LA 868 | ||
| | 107.154 | 172.448 |  LA 867 | Western terminus of LA 867 | |
| Baskin | 107.944 | 173.719 |  LA 577 – Crowville | Western terminus of LA 577 | |
| 108.786 | 175.074 |  LA 857 | Southern terminus of LA 857 | ||
| Richland | Mangham | 112.841 | 181.600 |  LA 132 west (Main Street) | Southern end of LA 132 concurrency |
| 113.568 | 182.770 | LA 132 | Northern end of LA 132 concurrency | ||
| Archibald | 115.603 | 186.045 |  LA 856 | Western terminus of LA 856 | |
| 115.888– 115.976 | 186.504– 186.645 |    US 425 north / LA 137 north to I-20 – Rayville | Northern end of US 425 concurrency; southern terminus of LA 137 | ||
| Alto | 120.792– 120.927 | 194.396– 194.613 |  LA 135 south | Southern end of LA 135 concurrency | |
| | 121.574 | 195.654 | LA 135 north – Rayville | Northern end of LA 135 concurrency | |
| | 122.860– 122.954 | 197.724– 197.875 | Bridge over Boeuf River | ||
| Rhymes | 124.044 | 199.629 |  LA 133 – Start, Columbia | ||
| Ouachita | Pine Grove | 135.155 | 217.511 |  LA 841 (Prairie Road) | Northern terminus of LA 841 |
| Monroe | 137.892– 137.910 | 221.916– 221.945 |  US 165 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) to I-20 – ULM, Columbia | ||
| 139.899 | 225.146 |  LA 594 (Texas Avenue) | Southwestern terminus of LA 594 | ||
| 140.062 | 225.408 |  US 165 Bus. south (Ouachita Avenue) To I-20 via South 3rd Street | Southern end of US 165 Bus. concurrency | ||
| 140.332– 140.485 | 225.842– 226.089 | I-20 – Vicksburg, Shreveport | Exit 117C on I-20 (eastbound exit via 116B) | ||
| 141.303 | 227.405 |  US 80 east / US 165 Bus. north (Louisville Avenue) | Northern end of US 165 Bus. concurrency; southern end of US 80 concurrency | ||
| Monroe–West Monroe line | 141.732– 141.959 | 228.096– 228.461 | Lea Joyner Bridge over Ouachita River | ||
| West Monroe | 142.077 | 228.651 |  LA 34 south (Bridge Street) to I-20 | Eastern terminus of LA 34 | |
| 143.694– 143.701 | 231.253– 231.264 |  LA 143 (North 7th Street) | |||
| 144.258 | 232.161 |  LA 617 south (Thomas Road) to I-20 | Southern end of LA 617 concurrency | ||
| 144.519 | 232.581 | LA 617 north (Warren Drive) | Northern end of LA 617 concurrency | ||
| 145.332 | 233.889 | To I-20 via Downing Pines Road | |||
| | 146.390 | 235.592 |  LA 3249 (Well Road) to I-20 | Northern terminus of LA 3249 | |
| Cheniere | 149.642 | 240.825 | US 80 west (Cypress Street) – Ruston LA 546 south (Cheniere Drew Road) to I-20 – Eros | Northern end of US 80 concurrency; northern terminus of LA 546 | |
| Drew | 151.603 | 243.981 |  LA 616 (Ole Highway 15) | Western terminus of LA 616 | |
| Union | | 156.608 | 252.036 |  LA 552 – Wilhite, Point | Southern terminus of LA 552 |
| Terrills | 163.065 | 262.428 |  LA 145 south – Downsville, Choudrant | Northern terminus of LA 145 | |
| 163.328 | 262.851 | LA 552 – Point, Wilhite | Northern terminus of LA 552 | ||
| | 170.199– 170.227 | 273.909– 273.954 |  LA 33 south – Ruston | Southern end of LA 33 concurrency | |
| Farmerville | 171.445– 171.631 | 275.914– 276.213 | James Peyton Smith Bridge over Lake D'Arbonne | ||
| 172.762 | 278.033 |  LA 3281 (Park Street) | Eastern terminus of LA 3281; to National Guard Armory | ||
| 172.870 | 278.207 |  LA 2 east (East Water Street) – Sterlington, Bastrop | Southern end of LA 2 concurrency | ||
| 173.341 | 278.965 | LA 33 north (Miller Street) – Marion | Northern end of LA 33 concurrency; to Farmerville Stadium | ||
| 173.421 | 279.094 | LA 2 west – Bernice | Northern end of LA 2 concurrency; to Lake D'Arbonne State Park | ||
| 176.130 | 283.454 |  LA 549 – Truxno, Oakland | Southern terminus of LA 549 | ||
| | 184.875 | 297.527 |  LA 550 | ||
| Mount Union | 187.834– 187.871 | 302.290– 302.349 |  LA 558 – Lockhart, El Dorado | Southern terminus of LA 558 | |
| Spearsville | 190.795 | 307.055 |  LA 3269 | Eastern terminus of LA 3269 | |
| 190.847– 190.871 | 307.138– 307.177 |  LA 3121 – Taylortown | Southern terminus of LA 3121 | ||
| 190.896 | 307.217 | LA 3269 | Western terminus of LA 3269 | ||
| Lillie | 194.070– 194.102 | 312.325– 312.377 | US 63 / US 167 – Bernice, Junction City | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Gallery
Bridge over the Boeuf River on LA 15
Ouachita/Richland Parish Line over Bayou Lafourche
Historical marker for General Claire Chennault in Gibson
Signs along LA 15 in Monroe
References
- ^ a b Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Highway Inventory Unit (2016). "LRS Conversion Tool". Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Google (March 1, 2018). "Overview Map of LA 15" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ 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 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (February 2012). District 58: Official Control Section Map, Construction and Maintenance (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (February 2012). District 05: Official Control Section Map, Construction and Maintenance (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved March 1, 2018.