Interstate 220 (Louisiana)

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Interstate 220
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

17.62 mi (28.36 km)

Formed:

1991

West end:

I-20/LA 3132 in Shreveport

East end:

I-20 in Bossier City

Highways in Louisiana

Interstate 220 (abbreviated I-220) in Louisiana is an east-west loop around Shreveport, Louisiana in the northwestern corner of the state. The eastern terminus begins at Interstate 20, exit 17B, close to the Louisiana Downs racetrack. The route proceeds north then westward through the northern sections of Bossier City and Shreveport before curving back southward and meeting I-20 again in western Shreveport near Shreveport Regional Airport.

At I-20, I-220 ends and continues southward as Louisiana Highway 3132 and continues south and east around the southern section of the city, through an interchange with Interstate 49 and beyond to the Bert Kouns Industrial Loop (Louisiana Highway 526).

There have been proposals to extend the highway eastward over the Red River and then northward to complete the loop by reaching Interstate 20, but Barksdale Air Force Base is in the way of a direct route to join up with the beginning of I-220. Google Maps even show ramp stubs for a possible extension southward from its eastern terminus with Interstate 20.

[edit] Exit list

Parish	Location	#	Destinations	Notes
LA 3132 continues northward as I-220
Caddo	Shreveport	1C	I-20 East - Monroe	Western terminus. Westbound exit only
		1B	I-20 West - Dallas	Westbound exit only.
		1A	LA 3231 (Jefferson Paige Road)
		2	Lakeshore Drive
		5	LA 173 (Shreveport-Blanchard Highway)
		7A	U.S. Route 71 North/LA 1 South (Market Street)
		7B	U.S. 71 North/LA 1 North - Texarkana, Ark.
Caddo-Bossier parish line	Shreveport-Bossier City city limits	I-220 Bridge over the Red River
Bossier	Bossier City	11	LA 3 (Benton Road)
		12	LA 3105 (Airline Drive)
		13	Swan Lake Road
		15	Shed Road
		17A	U.S. Route 79/U.S. Route 80 (Texas Street)
		17B	I-20 West - Shreveport
			I-20 East - Monroe
Eastern terminus - Interstate 20 - Bossier City, Louisiana