Louisiana Highway 28

Louisiana Highway 28 (LA 28) is a state highway in Louisiana. It spans 80.59 miles (129.70 km) and runs from west to east. From the west beginning in Leesville to Alexandria LA 28 is almost completed as a 4 lane divided highway with a 65 miles per hour speed limit. The highway has a bottle neck and is two lane through an area east of Gardner where Kincaid Lake^[1] crosses. The Boundary of Kisatchie National Forest borders this area.^[2]. It will be interesting as to how they solve this problem. LA 28 is a two lane undivided road from east of Pineville to the east end at LA 84.

Route description

From the west, LA 28 begins at an intersection with LA 8 and U.S. Route 171, at the north city limits of Leesville in Vernon Parish, running concurrent with LA 8. LA 8 turns northeast about 5 miles east of Leesville and is called the Slagle road. The highway intersects with LA 121 then LA 465 and a few miles after this enters Rapides Parish then Gardner before entering Alexandria. Between Leesville and Alexandria LA 28 is known as the Alexandria highway. In Alexandria LA 28 is called Coliseum Blvd. LA 28 intersects with MacArthur Drive where signs direct traffic to merge with north McArthur drive and intersect and run concurrent with I-49 south. After merging onto MacArthur Drive BR LA 28 exits and follows through downtown Alexandria city streets. This was the original route until December 2007. Maps do not reflect this change yet. LA 28 exits and merges with U.S 167 east at the Casson Street exit in Pineville and becomes a part of the Pineville Expressway, which proceeds west along the Fulton Street Bridge, named for Alexander Fulton, the founder of Alexandria. This bridge links LA 28 over the Red River between Pineville and Alexandria. LA 28 exits at Holloway Prairie Road and continues east. Shortly after intersecting with LA 115, LA 28 enters La Salle Parish. East of Walters, LA 28 enters Catahoula Parish. LA 28 terminates at LA 84 Between Walters and Archie.

Business route

Louisiana Business Highway 28 (BR LA 28) is a 2.82-mile (4.54 km) highway in Alexandria, Louisiana. It runs from west to east. BR LA 28 is for the whole part a two-lane undivided series of city streets that runs through downtown Alexandria. From the west, BR LA 28 begins at an intersection of MacArthur Drive and LA 28 as Monroe Street. At Bolton Avenue, also LA 1, BR LA 28 turn southeast intersects with U.S. Route 167 Business and U.S. Route 165 Business. BR LA 28 travels under I-49 and intersects and terminates at the combined LA 28 and US 167.

The entire route is in Alexandria, Rapides Parish.

References

External links

• Louisiana State Highway Log
• LADOTD Map of Numbered Highways in Louisiana
• Google Earth