Louisiana Highway 3142

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Louisiana Highway 3142 marker

Louisiana Highway 3142
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length: 1.6 mi[1] (2.6 km)
Existed: c.1975 – present
Major junctions
South end: LA 3127 south of Taft
North end: LA 18 in Taft
Location
Parishes: St. Charles
Highway system
  • Louisiana Highway System
LA 3141 LA 3143

Louisiana Highway 3142 (LA 3142) is a state highway in Louisiana which serves St. Charles Parish. It spans 1.6 miles (2.6 km) in a south to north direction.[1]

Route description

From the south, LA 3142 serves as an undivided, two-lane connector road between LA 3127 and LA 18 near Taft. It is primarily used by workers at the nearby Dow Chemical and Waterford Nuclear Power Plants. Due to the heavy rail traffic in the area, LA 3142 has an overpass (built in 1976) that crosses several railroad tracks.

Major intersections

The entire highway is in St. Charles Parish.

LocationMile[1]kmDestinationsNotes
 0.00.0 LA 3127Southern terminus
 0.50.8Union Pacific Railroad overpass
Killona-Taft line1.62.6 LA 18 (River Road)Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

External links

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