Louisiana State Route 42

State Route 42 marker

State Route 42
Route information
Length: 194.80 mi (313.50 km)
Existed: 1924 – 1955
Major junctions
South end: Begin state maintenance in Cameron
  US 90 in Lake Charles
US 190 in De Ridder
North end: US 84 in Mansfield
Highway system
  • Louisiana Highway System

Louisiana State Route 42 (LA 42) was one of the 98 original state highways that were established in 1924. It ran in a south to north direction for 194.80 miles (313.50 km), spanning from Cameron to an intersection with LA 9 in Mansfield.

Route description

Beginning at Mansfield through Benson, Converse, Noble, Zwolle, Many, Florien, Gandy, Hornsbeck, Leesville, De Ridder, Fulton, Lake Charles, thence following the Gerstner Field Road to Cameron Parish line, thence through Creole to Cameron. - 1924 Louisiana Legislative Route Description

From the south, LA 42 began at the town of Cameron, traveling north through prairie and marshes to Lake Charles, where LA 42 met LA 2/US 90. LA 42 picked up the US 171 designation, following a hilly road north out of Calcasieu Parish.

LA 42 then met LA 7, picking up the US 190 designation, carrying it north to an intersection with LA 22, where US 190 spun off to the west. LA 42 then entered Vernon Parish, meeting LA 21 and LA 39 before meeting LA 6 in Many.

After Many, LA 42 crossed paths with the two auxiliary routes, LA 42-D and LA 42-E, before ending in Mansfield at an intersection with LA 9/US 84.

Major intersections

ParishLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
CameronCameron0.00.0Begin state maintenanceSouthern terminus
Calcasieu 34.154.9 SR 98 westBegin concurrency with LA 98
 38.261.5 SR 98 eastEnd concurrency with LA 98
Lake Charles51.382.6 US 90 / US 171 / SR 2 JenningsBegin concurrency with US 171
Beauregard 72.1116.0 US 190 west / SR 7 KinderBegin concurrency with US 190
De Ridder94.0151.3 SR 52 Oberlin
95.4153.5 SR 22 east – CravensBegin concurrency with LA 22
97.7157.2 US 190 west / SR 22 west MerryvilleEnd concurrency with US 190/LA 22
VernonLeesville119.9193.0 SR 21 Alexandria
121.1194.9 SR 39 Natchitoches
SabineMany153.8247.5 SR 6 east RobelineBegin concurrency with LA 6
154.2248.2 SR 6 west – Milam, TXEnd concurrency with LA 6
155.1249.6 SR 51to LA 1
Zwolle164.1264.1 SR 42-D
 169.5272.8 SR 42-E
De SotoMansfield164.1264.1 US 84 / US 171 north / SR 9 Logansport, to LA 1Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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