Louisiana Highway 10

Infobox LA Highway
type=State
route=10
length_mi=250.03
length_round=2
formed=1955 renumbering
dir1=West
dir2=East
from=US 171 south of Leesville
junction=
to= at the state line
previous_type=State
previous_route=9
next_type=State
next_route=12

Louisiana Highway 10 (LA 10) is a state highway in south-central Louisiana. It runs from east to west for 250 miles, beginning near Fort Polk and ending east of Bogalusa.

Route description

From the west, LA 10 begins at a junction with U.S. Route 171 as a two lane, undivided road. It runs due east, passing by Fort Polk and continuing through rural Vernon Parish. In northern Evangeline Parish, LA 10 rutns east-southeast and passes by Elizabeth. In Oakdale, LA 10 intersects U.S. Route 165 and continues eastward. Just west of Ville Platte, LA 10 merges with U.S. Route 167 and runs through the center of town. LA 10 splits with U.S. 167 just west of Interstate 49. LA 10 runs north into Washington and then intersects with I-49 before continuing north through St. Landry Parish. LA 10 also intersects U.S. Route 71, a few miles west of Palmetto. At Melville, LA 10 crosses the Atchafalaya River into Pointe Coupee Parish via a ferry. LA 10 also merges with Louisiana Highway 1 near Morganza and jointly run through New Roads before splitting east of the city limits.

LA 10 then crosses the Mississippi River via another ferry and enters into West Feliciana Parish, where it heads due north into St. Francisville and intersects US 61. LA 10 then passes through Jackson and Clinton in East Feliciana Parish and Greensburg in St. Helena Parish. Also in Greensburg is Louisiana Highway 10 Spur, which connects LA 10 with Louisiana Highway 43. In Tangipahoa Parish, LA 10 intersects Interstate 55 between Tangipahoa and Roseland. LA 10 also shortly merges with U.S. Route 51 and turns due south, though the highways split just north of Roseland, and LA 10 turns east again. In Washington Parish, LA 10 passes through Franklinton and Bogalusa before becoming Mississippi Highway 26 at the Louisiana/Mississippi state line.

Between Morganza, Louisiana, and the Mississippi state line east of Bogalusa, Louisiana, LA 10 forms part of the [http://www.zacharytaylorparkway.com/Parkway/index.php Zachary Taylor Parkway.]

References

* [http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/planning/maps_classification/Statewide_FunClass2002.pdf LADOTD map of Numbered Highways in Louisiana]
* [http://www.southeastroads.com/la_state_highways.html Louisiana State Highway Log]
* [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth]
* [http://www.zacharytaylorparkway.com/Parkway/index.php Zachary Taylor Parkway]