Louisiana Highway 38

Louisiana Highway 38
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length:	48.5 mi[1] (78.1 km)
Major junctions
West end:	LA 10 in Coleman Town
	I‑55 in Kentwood US 71 in Kentwood
East end:	LA 430 near Hackley
Location
Parishes:	St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington
Highway system
Louisiana Highway System Interstate US State ← LA 37 LA 39 →

Louisiana Highway 38 (LA 38) is a 48.64-mile-long (78.28 km) east–west state highway in Louisiana that serves Saint Helena, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes, extending from LA 10 to LA 430.^[1]

Kentwood residents gather outside the Town Hall alongside LA 38 for a noontide Day of Prayer in 2015. The LA 38 shield, in the black-and-version which Louisiana in the 2000s began using to replace the earlier green-and-white shields, appears to the right of the stop sign.

Route description

The highway begins at LA 10 northwest of Greensburg, and heads northeast until intersecting LA 432 at which point it turns east. As it goes eastward, LA 38 makes an intersection with LA 43, and LA 441 also intersects with the highway for a short time. As the highway enters Tangipahoa Parish, it intersects with Interstate 55, LA 1051, and U.S. Route 71 in the city of Kentwood. Also in Tangipahoa Parish, LA 1054 makes an intersection with it before entering Washington Parish. Once there, LA 450 travels concurrent with the highway until it travels concurrent with a left-turning LA 1055, as LA 450 changes direction north where LA 38 was when it was combined. At Mount Hermon, LA 438 empties into the highway, while later on, LA 1055 turns east, leaving LA 38 southeast. As it intersects with LA 25, the highway ends at LA 430 near Bayou Chitto.

Major junctions

Parish	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Saint Helena	Coleman Town	0.0	0.0	LA 10	Western terminus
	Chipola	2.5	4.0	LA 432 west / Lloyd Collins Road	Eastern terminus of LA 432
	Easleyville	9.5	15.3	LA 43 – Greensburg
		10.5	16.9	LA 441 north	Western end of LA 441 concurrency
		11.1	17.9	LA 441 south	Eastern end of LA 441 concurrency
Tangipahoa		17.1	27.5	LA 1050 south	Northern terminus of LA 1050
	Kentwood	19.4– 19.5	31.2– 31.4	I‑55 – Hammond, Jackson, MS	I-55, exit 61
		20.0	32.2	LA 1051 south (9th Street)	Northern terminus of LA 1051
		20.3	32.7	US 71 (3rd Street) – Amite, McComb, MS
		24.1	38.8	LA 1054 / LA 1061 south	Northern terminus of LA 1061
		27.8	44.7	LA 1056 east	Western terminus of LA 1056
Washington		31.3	50.4	LA 450 south – Clifton, Sunnyhill	Western end of LA 450 concurrency
		33.0	53.1	LA 450 north / LA 1055 west	Eastern end of LA 450 concurrency; western end of LA 1055 concurrency
	Mt. Hermon	34.3	55.2	LA 438 east	Western terminus of LA 438
		35.0	56.3	LA 1055 east / PR 86	Eastern end of LA 1055 concurrency
		42.2	67.9	LA 25 – Franklinton, Tylertown, MS
		48.5	78.1	LA 430 / Lawrence Creek Road	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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