Louisiana Highway 3154

Louisiana Highway 3154 marker

Louisiana Highway 3154
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length: 3.3 mi[1] (5.3 km)
Existed: 1972 – present
Major junctions
South end: LA 48 in Harahan
  LA 3139 in Elmwood
North end: US 61 in Metairie
Location
Parishes: Jefferson
Highway system
  • Louisiana Highway System
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Louisiana Highway 3154 (LA 3154) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Jefferson Parish. LA 3154 spans 3.3 miles (5.3 km) in a south to north direction[1] and is known locally as Hickory Avenue, Gardner Street, Robert Street, and Dickory Avenue.

Route description

From the south, LA 3154 begins at an intersection with LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) in Harahan. Travelling northward along Hickory Avenue, it heads through downtown until Robert Street. At that point, the northbound traffic shifts east onto Dickory Avenue (which is a divided, four lane neighboring highway that will eventually be extended southward to Jefferson Highway). The southbound traffic makes the shift from Dickory Avenue onto Hickory Avenue further north via Gardner Street.

Continuing northbound, LA 3154 intersects the current western terminus of the Earhart Expressway (LA 3139) at an incomplete interchange. After crossing a series of railroad tracks via an overpass, LA 3154 again becomes Hickory Avenue just before coming to an end at US 61 (Airline Drive) in Metairie.

LA 3154 is an undivided, two-lane highway from LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) until the point it shifts onto Dickory Avenue. From that point until its northern terminus at US 61, it is a divided, four-lane highway.

History

Prior to 1972, LA 3154 was designated as LA 611-12 and followed Hickory Avenue from LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) to U.S. 61 (Airline Highway, now Airline Drive). Work began in 1974 to construct a railroad overpass on Hickory Avenue and an interchange with the future Earhart Expressway. The result, opened in December 1975, was a four-lane bypass around Hickory Avenue between Airline Highway and Citrus Road that was named Dickory Avenue. Almost two decades later, Dickory Avenue was slightly extended across Citrus Boulevard, providing better access to the Elmwood Business Park. In 2003, a further extension continued the road to its present terminus just south of 9th Street, providing another route into the Elmwood Business Park via an extension of Mounes Street. Plans to extend the road to Jefferson Highway have not yet been completed, and a series of connector streets shift traffic onto the older Hickory Avenue for the remainder of the distance.

Major intersections

The entire highway is in Jefferson Parish.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Harahan0.00.0 LA 48 (Jefferson Highway)Southern terminus
Elmwood2.43.9 LA 3139 south (Earhart Expressway) – New OrleansNorthern terminus of LA 3139
Elmwood-Metairie line2.54.0Canadian National Railway overpass
Metairie3.35.3 US 61 (Airline Drive) – Kenner, New OrleansNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Microsoft; Nokia (November 14, 2012). "Map of LA 3154" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved November 14, 2012. Check date values in: |date=, |accessdate= (help)

External links

Route map: Bing