Interstate 55 in Louisiana
- Interstate 55 in Louisiana
Infobox road
state=LA
route=55
type=I
alternate_name=
length_mi=65.81
length_round=2
length_ref=
year_established=1957 (route proposed in 1939)
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=LA|I|10 near Laplace
junction=jct|state=LA|I|12 near Hammond
Jct|state=LA|US|190 in Hammond
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Jct|state=MS|I|55 at the Mississippi line
In Louisiana, Interstate 55 runs nearly 66 miles from south to north, from Interstate 10 near Laplace - roughly 20 miles west of New Orleans - to the Mississippi state line near Kentwood.
The highway first traverses a 23 mile long viaduct over the swamps of lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain before reaching dry land near Ponchatoula.
Major cities
I-55 passes through or near the following municipalities:
* Laplace
* Ponchatoula
* Hammond
* Amite
* Kentwood
Exit list
References
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2010.
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