Louisiana Highway 39

Infobox LA Highway
type=LA
route=39
length_mi=54.08
length_round=2
length_ref=
formed=
dir1=South
from=Dead end south of Pointe à la Hache
junction=
dir2=North
to=
previous_type=LA
previous_route=38
next_type=LA
next_route=40

Louisiana Highway 39 (LA 39) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes. In New Orleans, LA 39 is referred to as North Claiborne Avenue, while in St. Bernard Parish, it is known as Judge Perez Drive. It spans 54.08 miles and is bannered north/south.

Route description

From the north, LA 39 begins at an exit ramp from Interstate 10 onto North Claiborne Avenue. In New Orleans, Highway 39 is a four lane, divided road that runs through the city's 9th Ward. LA 39 crosses over the Industrial Canal via the Claiborne Avenue Bridge and enters the Lower 9th Ward, where it becomes the neighborhood's primary road. At the parish line, LA 39 becomes West Judge Perez Drive and passes through the towns of Arabi, Chalmette, Meraux and Violet. When LA 39 intersects with LA 47, it becomes East Judge Perez Drive. After exiting Meraux, LA 39 continues parallel to the Mississippi River and shortly merges with LA 46 near Poydras. At the two highways' merging, LA 39 becomes a two lane, undivided road. It runs due west and then southward along the east bank of the Mississippi River into Plaquemines Parish and passes through Pointe à la Hache before reaching a dead end at the Bohemia Spillway Levee.

References

* [http://www.southeastroads.com/la_state_highways.html/ Louisiana State Highway Route Log]
* [http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/planning/maps_classification/urbanized/New_Orleans.pdf/ Louisiana DOTD Map of Metro New Orleans Highways]