Louisiana Highway 3153

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Louisiana Highway 3153 marker

Louisiana Highway 3153
Transcontinental Drive
Route information
Length: 0.53 mi[1] (0.85 km)
Existed: 1972 – 1980s
Major junctions
South end: US 61 in Metairie
North end: West Metairie Avenue in Metairie
Location
Parishes: Jefferson
Highway system
  • Louisiana Highway System
LA 3152 LA 3154

Louisiana Highway 3153 (LA 3153) was a state highway that served Jefferson Parish. It spanned 0.53 miles (0.85 km) in a south to north direction along Transcontinental Drive in Metairie.[1]

Route description

From the south, LA 3153 began at an intersection with U.S. 61 (Airline Highway, now Airline Drive). It continued north to a terminus at West Metairie Avenue.

LA 3154 was a divided, four-lane highway for its entire length.

History

Transcontinental Drive began as a main thoroughfare through the Bridgedale subdivision which opened in 1925 during construction of the Airline Highway between Shrewsbury (Metairie) and Kenner. In 1930, it was designated as State Route 1246 in the pre-1955 Louisiana Highway system. Transcontinental Drive was intended to be extended south to Jefferson Highway (State Route 1) to connect with the Huey P. Long Bridge then in the planning stages. These plans never came to fruition, and the Bridgedale area would not be not directly connected to the bridge for almost fifty years via an extension of Clearview Parkway.

The route became LA 611-11 in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering and assumed its present number in 1972. The route was returned to local control by 1986.

Major intersections

The entire highway was in Metairie, Jefferson Parish.

Mile[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 US 90 (Airline Highway)Southern terminus
0.530.85West Metairie AvenueNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

External links

Route map: Google / Bing
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