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Interstate 55 in Louisiana

Index Interstate 55 in Louisiana

Interstate 55 (I-55) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that spans from LaPlace, Louisiana to Chicago, Illinois. [1]

59 relations: Amite City, Louisiana, Bonnet Carré Spillway, Chicago, Cloverleaf interchange, Contraflow lane reversal, Diamond interchange, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edwin Edwards, Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Works Agency, Greensburg, Louisiana, Hammond, Louisiana, Hurricane evacuation, Independence, Louisiana, Interstate 10 in Louisiana, Interstate 12, Interstate Highway System, Jackson, Mississippi, James H. Morrison, Kentwood, Louisiana, Lake Maurepas, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, LaPlace, Louisiana, List of longest bridges, List of Louisiana Scenic Byways, List of state highways in Louisiana (1000–1049), List of state highways in Louisiana (3200–3249), List of state highways in Louisiana (400–449), Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Louisiana Highway 10, Louisiana Highway 16, Louisiana Highway 22, Louisiana Highway 38, Louisiana Highway 40, Manchac Swamp Bridge, Manchac, Louisiana, McComb, Mississippi, Mississippi, New Orleans, New Orleans metropolitan area, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, Reader's Digest, Roseland, Louisiana, Rubblization, Ruddock, Louisiana, Slip forming, Sorrento, Louisiana, Southeastern Louisiana University, ..., Southern Swamps Byway, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, Tickfaw, Louisiana, U.S. Route 190, U.S. Route 51 in Louisiana, United States Department of Commerce, United States House of Representatives. Expand index (9 more) »

Amite City, Louisiana

Amite City (or; commonly just Amite) is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, of which it is the parish seat, in southeastern Louisiana, United States.

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Bonnet Carré Spillway

The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Cloverleaf interchange

A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange in which left turns (reverse directions in left-driving regions) are handled by ramp roads (US: ramps, UK: slip roads).

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Contraflow lane reversal

Contraflow lane reversal is the altering of the normal flow of traffic, typically on a controlled-access highway (such as a freeway or motorway), to either aid in an emergency evacuation (the most common usage of the term in the United States) or, as part of routine maintenance activities, to facilitate widening or reconstruction of one of the highway's carriageways (the most common usage in the United Kingdom).

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Diamond interchange

A diamond interchange is a common type of road junction, used where a freeway crosses a minor road.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Edwin Edwards

Edwin Washington Edwards (born August 7, 1927) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the U.S. Representative for from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th Governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988 and 1992–1996), twice as many elected terms as any other Louisiana chief executive.

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Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act (Public Law 84-627), was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law.

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Federal Highway Administration

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.

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Federal Works Agency

The Federal Works Agency (FWA) was an independent agency of the federal government of the United States which administered a number of public construction, building maintenance, and public works relief functions and laws from 1939 to 1949.

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Greensburg, Louisiana

Greensburg is a town in and the parish seat of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Hammond, Louisiana

Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, located east of Baton Rouge and northwest of New Orleans.

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Hurricane evacuation

Hurricane evacuation is the immediate and rapid movement of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hurricane.

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Independence, Louisiana

Independence, originally known as Uncle Sam, is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Interstate 10 in Louisiana

Interstate 10 (I-10), a major transcontinental Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, runs across the southern part of Louisiana for.

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Interstate 12

Interstate 12 (I-12) is an Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital city and largest urban center of the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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James H. Morrison

James Hobson Morrison Sr. (December 8, 1908 – July 20, 2000), known as Jimmy Morrison, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 6th congressional district, who held the position from 1943 to 1967.

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Kentwood, Louisiana

Kentwood is a rural town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, near the Mississippi border.

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Lake Maurepas

Lake Maurepas (Lac Maurepas) is located in southeastern Louisiana approximately halfway between New Orleans and Baton Rouge directly west of Lake Pontchartrain.

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Lake Pontchartrain

Lake Pontchartrain (Lac Pontchartrain) is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.

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Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, sometimes only the Causeway, is a fixed link composed of two parallel bridges crossing Lake Pontchartrain in southern Louisiana, United States.

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LaPlace, Louisiana

LaPlace is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States, situated along the east bank of the Mississippi River, in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

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List of longest bridges

This is a list of the world's longest bridges more than three kilometres long sorted by their full length above land or water.

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List of Louisiana Scenic Byways

The Louisiana Scenic Byways are a network of roadways within the U.S. state of Louisiana that have been deemed of cultural, historical, or scenic value.

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List of state highways in Louisiana (1000–1049)

The following is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of Louisiana designated in the 1000–1049 range.

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List of state highways in Louisiana (3200–3249)

The following is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of Louisiana designated in the 3200-3249 range.

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List of state highways in Louisiana (400–449)

The following is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of Louisiana designated in the 400-449 range.

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Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD) is a state government organization in the United States, in charge of maintaining public transportation, roadways, bridges, canals, select levees, floodplain management, port facilities, commercial vehicles, and aviation which includes 69 airports, in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Louisiana Highway 10

Louisiana Highway 10 (LA 10) is a state highway located in southern Louisiana.

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Louisiana Highway 16

Louisiana Highway 16 (LA 16) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana.

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Louisiana Highway 22

Louisiana Highway 22 (LA 22) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana.

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Louisiana Highway 38

Louisiana Highway 38 (LA 38) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana.

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Louisiana Highway 40

Louisiana Highway 40 (LA 40) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana.

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Manchac Swamp Bridge

The Manchac Swamp Bridge is a twin concrete trestle bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Manchac, Louisiana

Manchac (also known as Akers) is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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McComb, Mississippi

McComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, United States, approximately south of Jackson.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New Orleans metropolitan area

New Orleans–Metairie Metropolitan Statistical Area, or the Greater New Orleans Region (as it is often called by the Louisiana Tourism Commission) is a metropolitan area designated by the United States Census encompassing eight parishes (the Louisiana equivalent of other states' counties) in the state of Louisiana, centering on the city of New Orleans.

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Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Ponchatoula is a small city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year.

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Roseland, Louisiana

Roseland is a town in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Rubblization

Rubblization is a construction and engineering technique that involves saving time and transportation costs by reducing existing concrete into rubble at its current location rather than hauling it to another location.

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Ruddock, Louisiana

Ruddock is a ghost town in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Slip forming

Slip forming, continuous poured, continuously formed, or slipform construction is a construction method in which concrete is poured into a continuously moving form.

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Sorrento, Louisiana

Sorrento is a town in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States.

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Southern Swamps Byway

The Southern Swamps Byway is a Louisiana Scenic Byway that follows several different state highways, primarily.

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St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

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Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Tangipahoa Parish (French: Paroisse de Tangipahoa) is a parish located in the southeast of the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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Tangipahoa, Louisiana

Tangipahoa is a village in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Tickfaw, Louisiana

Tickfaw was founded in 1852 and is a village in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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U.S. Route 190

U.S. Route 190 is an east–west United States highway in Louisiana and Texas.

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U.S. Route 51 in Louisiana

U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that spans from LaPlace, Louisiana to a point north of Hurley, Wisconsin.

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United States Department of Commerce

The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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Redirects here:

I-55 (LA), I-55 in Louisiana, Interstate 55 (Louisiana).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_55_in_Louisiana

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