Interstate 420 (Louisiana)

Interstate 420 (Louisiana)

Infobox road
state=LA
route=420
type=I


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length_mi=10.2
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length_ref= [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/neworleans.htm]
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year_decommissioned=1964
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cities=Monroe

Interstate 420 (abbreviated I-420) was to be a bypass of Monroe, Louisiana. Initially proposed in the late 1950s, this route was to have been only two lanes wide at a cost $29 million with a projected 2,500 to 3,000 ADT in 1964. cite web
last =Weingroff
first =Richard
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =The Second Battle of New Orleans: Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway (I-310)
work =
publisher =Federal Highway Administration
date =
url =http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/neworleans.htm
accessdate =2007-04-20
] The project was effectively canceled on October 12, 1964, when then Louisiana Representative Hale Boggs agreed to no longer seek funding for the route. This was done in favor of focusing all efforts at funding and getting built New Orleans' Vieux Carré Expressway.

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