Louisiana Highway 611-9

Infobox LA Highway
type=State
route=611-9
length_mi=3.53
length_round=2
formed=1955 renumbering
dir1=East
dir2=West
from=
to=
previous_type=State
previous_route=611-8
next_type=State
next_route=612

Louisiana Highway 611-9 (LA 611-9) is a member of the LA 611-x collection of eight very short state highways in Louisiana that serve Jefferson and Orleans Parishes. LA 611-9 spans 3.53 miles from west to east and is known as Severn Avenue, Johnson Street, and Metairie Road.

Route description

From the west, LA 611-9 begins at the northern intersection of US 61/LA 3261 (Airline Drive and Severn Avenue/Shrewsbury Road). After briefly heading north on Severn Avenue, LA 611-9 immediately turns eastward onto Metairie Road (the westbound lanes briefly use Johnson Street as Metairie Road begins as a one way street headed eastbound). Metairie Road runs west-east atop the Metairie Ridge. It passes under Causeway Boulevard before intersecting LA 3262 (Labarre Road) and Bonnabel Boulevard. It enters New Orleans/Orleans Parish before coming to an end at a diamond interchange (Exit 231A) with I-10.

With the exception of a brief divided, four lane section near Severn Avenue, LA 611-9 is an undivided, two lane highway in Jefferson Parish. It divides and expands to four lanes when it enters New Orleans/Orleans Parish and remains in that capacity until its terminus at I-10.

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]