U.S. Route 61 Business (St. Francisville, Louisiana)


U.S. Highway 61 Business
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length: 2.4 mi[1] (3.9 km)
Existed: 1955 – present
Major junctions
South end: LA 10 / US 61 in St. Francisville
  LA 1263 in St. Francisville
North end: US 61 in St. Francisville
Highway system
  • Louisiana Highway System
LA 3056LA 3057LA 3059

U.S. Highway 61 Business (US 61 Bus.), officially known as Louisiana Highway 3057 (LA 3057) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves West Feliciana Parish. It spans 2.44 miles (3.93 km) in a south to north direction. It is signed as both LA 3057 and US 61 Business, consisting of the old U.S. 61 route.

Route description

From the south, LA 3057/US 61 BUS begins at an intersection with U.S. 61 and LA 10, and heads north into downtown St. Francisville. It meets the old LA 10 alignment at a signaled intersection, which originally was paired with LA 3057/US 61 BUS for a short distance before turning to the east.

LA 3057/US 61 BUS continues north to its current terminus at US 61, just south of The Myrtles Plantation, a historic home famous for its many reported ghosts.

LA 3057/US 61 BUS is an undivided, two-lane highway for its entire length.

Major intersections

The entire highway is in St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0 US 61 / LA 10
1.01.6 LA 1263 west (Ferdinand Street)Southern end of LA 1263 concurrency
1.42.3 LA 1263 east (Old Hwy. 10) JacksonNorthern end of LA 1263 concurrency
2.43.9 US 61
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Louisiana portal U.S. Roads portal

References

  1. 1 2 Google (February 22, 2015). "U.S. Route 61 Business (St. Francisville, Louisiana)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 22, 2015.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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