Louisiana Highway 613-1

Infobox LA Highway
type=State
route=613-1
length_mi=0.36
length_round=2
formed=
dir1=West
dir2=East
from=Begin State Maintenance at Chickasaw Avenue/Metairie-Hammond Highway transition in Metairie
to=End State Maintenance at the Jefferson Parish/Orleans Parish line at the 17th Street Canal on Metairie-Hammond Highway
previous_type=State
previous_route=612
next_type=State
next_route=614

Louisiana Highway 613-1 (LA 613-1) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Jefferson Parish. Better known as the Metairie-Hammond Highway, it spans 0.36 miles from west to east.

Route description

LA 613-1 is a remnant section of the old Metairie-Hammond Highway in the section of Metairie known as Bucktown. It is now only a few blocks long and does not connect to any other numbered highway. From the west, it begins at the point where Chickasaw Avenue turns into Metairie-Hammond Highway. It continues east to the the bridge at the Jefferson Parish/Orleans Parish line at the 17th Street Canal on Metairie-Hammond Highway.

LA 613-1 is an undivided, two lane highway from Chickasaw Avenue to Carrollton Avenue. It then becomes an undivided, four lane highway for the remainder of its length.

Junction list

References

* [http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/planning/maps_classification/Statewide_FunClass2002.pdf/ LADOTD Map of Numbered Highways]
* [http://www.southeastroads.com/la_state_highways.html Louisiana State Highway Log]
* [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth]