Interstate 20 in Louisiana

Interstate 20
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length: 189 mi (304 km)
Existed: 1959 – present
Major junctions
West end: I-20 at the Texas line
  I-220 in Shreveport
I-49 in Shreveport
I-220 in Bossier City
East end: I-20 at the Mississippi River/Mississippi line
Highway system

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Highways in Louisiana

← LA 20 LA 21 →

In Louisiana, Interstate 20 roughly parallels U.S. 80 through the northern part of the state.

Entering the state from near Waskom, Texas, the highway immediately enters the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area, intersecting Interstate 49 near downtown Shreveport and passing close to Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier city.

From that area, the highway traverses mainly rural, hilly terrain, bypassing Minden, Ruston and Grambling before reaching Monroe.

From Monroe, I-20 enters flatter terrain as it approaches the Mississippi River. Before crossing the Mississippi, the highway passes Tallulah. At the Mississippi River, I-20 leaves Louisiana and enters Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Route Description

Texas State Line to Shreveport (Interstate 49)

Interstate 20 enters Louisiana about 20 miles east of Marshall. Interstate 20 passes through Greenwood to the north of town, where US 80/ 79 serve as the main east-west highway. I-20 enters Shreveport about 5 miles east of Greenwood. I-20 intersects I-220 (the north Shreveport bypass) and Hwy 3132 (the south Shreveport bypass) on the eastside of the city. On the way to Downtown Shreveport, I-20 intersects US 171 and serves as the current northern terminus of I-49.

Shreveport to Monroe

As I-20 leaves Shreveport, it passes through Bossier City where it shares a overlap with US 71. I-20 passes north of Barksdale AFB where it intersects I-220 and heads east towards Monroe. On its way to Monroe, I-20 passes through the towns of Minden, Arcadia, Grambling, Ruston, and West Monroe.

Monroe to Mississippi State Line

I-20 passes through Monroe, where it intersects US 165. East of Monroe, I-20 passes through Rayville, Delhi, and Tullulah. About 15 miles east of Tallulah, I-20 crosses over the Mississippi River into Mississippi in Vicksburg.

Exit list

Parish Location # Destinations Notes
Caddo Greenwood 3 LA 169 to US 79 south – Mooringsport, Carthage
5 US 79 / US 80 – Greenwood
Shreveport 8 US 79 / US 80 / LA 526 (Industrial Loop)
10 Pines Road
11 I-220 / LA 3132 east (Inner Loop Expressway) – Alexandria
13 Monkhouse Drive – Shreveport Regional Airport
14 Jewella Avenue – State Fair Grounds
16A US 171 (Hearne Avenue) – State Fair Grounds
16B US 79 / US 80 (Greenwood Road)
17A Lakeshore Drive, Linwood Avenue
17B I-49 south – Alexandria
18C Fairfield Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
18A Common Street, Line Avenue Westbound exit is via exit 18D
18D Louisiana Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
19A US 71 north / LA 1 (Market Street, Spring Street) West end of US 71 overlap
Bossier Bossier City 19B Traffic Street
20A Hamilton Road, Isle of Capri Boulevard
20B LA 3 (Benton Road) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
20C US 71 south (Barksdale Boulevard) East end of US 71 overlap; westbound exit is via exit 21
21 LA 72 (Old Minden Road)
22 Airline Drive – Barksdale AFB
23 Industrial Drive
26 I-220 west
33 LA 157 – Haughton, Fillmore
Webster 38 Goodwill Road
Dixie Inn 44 US 371 north – Cotton Valley, Springhill West end of US 371 overlap
Minden 47 US 371 south / LA 159 north – Minden, Sibley East end of US 371 overlap
49 LA 531 – Minden, Dubberly
52 LA 532 to US 80 – Dubberly
Bienville 55 US 80 – Ada, Taylor
61 LA 154 – Athens, Gibsland
67 LA 9 – Homer, Arcadia
Arcadia 69 LA 151 – Dubach, Arcadia
Lincoln 77 LA 507 – Simsboro
78 LA 563 – Industry
Grambling 81 LA 149 – Grambling
Ruston 84 LA 544 – Ruston
85 US 167 – Dubach, Ruston
86 LA 33 – Farmerville, Ruston
Choudrant 93 LA 145 – Sibley, Choudrant
Ouachita 101 LA 151 – Calhoun, Downsville
103 US 80 – Calhoun
107 Camp Road
108 LA 546 to US 80 – Cheniere
112 Well Road
West Monroe 113 Downing Pines Road Eastbound exit and entrance
114 LA 617 (Thomas Road)
115 LA 34 (Stella Street, Mill Street)
116A 5th Street
Monroe 116B Jackson Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
117D South 2nd Street, Layton Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
117A Hall Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
117C
US 165 Bus. / LA 15 – Monroe Civic Center		 Eastbound exit is via exit 116B
117B LA 594 (Texas Avenue)
118 US 165 – Columbia, Bastrop Signed as exits 118A (south) and 118B (north)
120 Garrett Road – Monroe Regional Airport
124 LA 594 – Millhaven
Richland 132 LA 133 – Columbia, Start
Rayville 138 US 425 – Rayville, Archibald
143 LA 583 (Bee Bayou Road)
145 LA 183 / PR 202 – Holly Ridge
148 LA 609 – Dunn
Delhi 153 LA 17 – Winnsboro, Delhi
Madison 157 LA 577 – Waverly
Tallulah 171 US 65 – Vidalia, Tallulah
173 LA 602 – Richmond
182 LA 602 – Mound
186 US 80 / PR 193 – Delta West end of US 80 overlap
Delta Vicksburg Bridge over the Mississippi River

Related routes

Interstate 420
Location: Monroe
Length: 10.2 mi[1] (16.4 km)
Existed: 1950s–1964

Interstate 420 was to be a bypass of Monroe, Louisiana. Initially proposed in the late 1950s, this route was to have been only two lanes wide at a cost $29 million with a projected 2,500 to 3,000 ADT in 1964.[1] The project was effectively canceled on October 12, 1964, when then Louisiana Representative Hale Boggs agreed to no longer seek funding for the route. This was done in favor of focusing all efforts at funding and getting built New Orleans' Vieux Carré Expressway.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Weingroff, Richard (April 7, 2011). "The Second Battle of New Orleans: Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway (I-310)". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/neworleans.cfm. Retrieved September 14, 2011. 

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