Site Navigation Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee     Interstate 10 Westbound (New Orleans Vicinity) Interstate 10 west Interstate 10 westbound approaching the Bullard Avenue diamond interchange (Exit 245). Bullard Avenue constitutes a north-south surface boulevard between U.S. 90 (Chef Menteur Highway) and Hayne Boulevard (Louisiana 47). Photo taken 06/10/06. From Interstate 510 westward, the landscape of Interstate 10 westbound through New Orleans East shows dramatic signs of Hurricane Katrina's destruction. From stripped trees to crumbling walls to abandoned apartments, the surroundings of the freeway portray a bleak landscape. Bullard Avenue, Read Boulevard, and Crowder Boulevard were especially hard hit, and it will take years for the area to recover. Pictured here is the Exit 245 ramp departure to Bullard Avenue. Bullard Avenue south intersects Lake Forest Boulevard just west of its interchange with Interstate 510 & Louisiana 47. Photo taken 06/10/06. Next in line for Interstate 10 west is the Exit 244 diamond interchange with Read Boulevard. Read Boulevard served a busy commercial area to the north and south of Interstate 10. Most of those businesses were damaged extensively from Hurricane Katrina and are slowly recovering. Photo taken 06/10/06. Read Boulevard, like Bullard Avenue, travels south from Hayne Boulevard (Louisiana 46) to U.S. 90. Read Boulevard however continues a short distance beyond the Chef Menteur Highway to Almonaster Boulevard. Photo taken 06/10/06. The last New Orleans East interchange joins Interstate 10 with Crowder Boulevard at Exit 242. Crowder Boulevard, like Read Boulevard, travels through commercial areas damaged heavily by Hurricane Katrina. Photo taken 06/10/06. The Crowder Boulevard off-ramp departs the westbound freeway at Exit 242. Crowder Boulevard travels through the Lake Forest and East Gentilly neighborhoods of the city between U.S. 90 and Hayne Boulevard (Louisiana 47). Photo taken 06/10/06. Westbound Interstate 10 at Exit 241 (Morrison Road). Originally Morrison Road was the main connection to the freeway from Downman Road and the rest of the city, as the freeway was only constructed at that time from Morrison Road eastward. Once Interstate 10 saw extension westward from Morrison Road over the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal into central New Orleans, the original freeway end was converted into a glorified exit ramp. Motorists taking the Morrison Road trumpet interchange exit will follow the old alignment of the freeway before it was extended to Downman Road. Additionally Exit 241 serves New Orleans Lakefront Airport and the Seabrook neighborhood of the city. Morrison Boulevard at one time was apart of Louisiana 3021. Until Interstate 10 was complete throughout New Orleans, the state highway stemmed from the "Eastern Expressway" westward to Downman Road, traveling southward from there to a merge with U.S. 90 across the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal. The existing Louisiana 3021 follows Elysian Fields Avenue southward from U.S. 90 (Gentilly Boulevard) to Louisiana 39 (Claiborne Avenue). Photos taken 06/10/06. Motorists bound for the Morrison Road connector leave Interstate 10 westbound at Exit 241. Morrison Road parallels the Morrison Canal eastward from Downman Road to Bullard Avenue. Downman Road travels north-south between Interstate 10 (Exit 240A) & U.S. 90 to Hayne Boulevard at the Lakefront Airport. Use Downman Road north onto Hayne Boulevard west for the Pontchartrain Beach and Live Oaks neighborhoods of central New Orleans. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 turns southward on the approach to its span over the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal. The freeway crosses paths with U.S. 90 (Chef Menteur Highway) for the first time in Louisiana at Exit 240B ahead. Exit 240B provides a direct ramp onto U.S. 90 westbound only ahead of its intersections with Downman and Jourdan Roads. Photo taken 06/10/06. A five-ramp partial cloverleaf facilitates the movements between Interstate 10 westbound and U.S. 90 eastbound. U.S. 90 travels the Chef Menteur Highway eastward from Gentilly Road and the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal lift bridge to Chef Menteur Pass and the Rigolets. The federal highway carries between four and six lanes with a median or center turn lane throughout eastern New Orleans. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 westbound reassurance marker posted ahead of the Old Gentilly Road over crossing near Exit 240B. Many of the Interstate 10 shields along the freeway mainline in metro New Orleans were replaced after Hurricane Katrina. This shield replaced a state-named sign posted as recently as 2004. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 utilizes a narrow six-lane bridge over the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC). The shoulder-less high-level span includes a truck restriction mandating commercial vehicles to the right-hand lane. The bridge spans the canal, the Public Belt Railroad, and Jourdan and France Roads. Photo taken 06/10/06. Traffic increases on Interstate 10 westbound, at least it did before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans East, as it crosses the fixed-bridge across the IHNC. Exit 239 departs the freeway on the western descent for Louisa Street and Gentilly Road. Louisa Street travels south through the Gentilly and Desire neighborhoods into the Ninth Ward. A green out over the pull-through panel for Interstate 10 west was partially torn away from Hurricane Katrina revealing the letter "G". Photo taken 06/10/06. 0.75-mile sign bridge for Franklin Avenue posted at the Gentilly Road on-ramp from near Louisa Avenue. A half-diamond interchange joins Interstate 10 with Franklin Avenue at the split with Interstate 610. Photo taken 06/10/06. Approaching Interstate 610 at Exit 238A for Franklin Avenue. This interchange facilities traffic to the Edgewood and Gentilly neighborhoods of the city. Interstate 610 sees a half-diamond interchange with Franklin Avenue as well from the west. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 briefly sees eight lanes as it nears Exit 238A for Franklin Avenue. This scene shows the beginning of the New Orleans viaducts of Interstate 10, most of which were completed by the 1960s. Crossing underneath the freeway here is another set of railroad lines. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 238A departs Interstate 10 westbound for Franklin Avenue just ahead of the split with Interstate 610 west (Exit 238B). Franklin Avenue travels south from Lakeshore Drive through Gentilly to Louisiana 39 (Claiborne Avenue), Louisiana 46 (St. Claude Avenue) and Peters Street at the Mandeville Street Wharf. Photo taken 06/10/06. The westbound split of Interstates 10 and 610 (Exit 238B). A two-lane ramp departs for Interstate 610 west to Lakeview, Metairie, Louis Armstrong International Airport, and Baton Rouge. The partial "Y" interchange between the two freeways travels overhead the half-diamond interchanges with Franklin Avenue. The 4.52-mile Interstate 610 bypasses the New Orleans central business district between Franklin Avenue and Pontchartrain Boulevard near the Jefferson Parish line. Photo taken 06/10/06. Leaving the Interstate 610 interchange, an overhead for Elysian Fields Avenue (Louisiana 3021) advises motorists of the next interchange along Interstate 10 west. The freeway ascends over the previously adjacent CSX Railroad line in between Exits 238B and 237. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 curves southwest over another railroad line and Florida Avenue toward downtown New Orleans. Elysian Fields Avenue (Louisiana 3021) offers an alternate route into the French Quarter as it ends at Esplanade Avenue at Peters Street near the French Market. The bridge in the background is the U.S. 90 Business Crescent City Connection & Greater New Orleans Bridges. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 237 departs Interstate 10 west for Elysian Fields Avenue (Louisiana 3021). Elysian Fields comprises a four-lane divided parkway between the riverfront area northward to the Lake Pontchartrain lakefront. The north-south road carries Louisiana 3021 from Louisiana 39 (Claiborne Street) and 46 northward to U.S. 90 (Gentilly Boulevard) for a distance of 1.83 miles. Use Louisiana 3021 south to Louisiana 39 south or Louisiana 46 (St. Claude Avenue) east to the Ninth Ward. Photo taken 06/10/06. More of the downtown New Orleans skyline comes into view between Exits 237 and 236C. Photo taken 06/10/06. Traffic merging onto Interstate 10 from the Exit 237 diamond interchange forms the exit-only lane for the next off-ramp (Exit 236C). The 1966 constructed viaduct travels over the intersection of Saint Bernard Avenue and Claiborne Street. Although not displayed on Exit 236C related overheads, Louisiana 39 sees its northern terminus at the junction with Interstate 10 via Claiborne Street westbound. Photo taken 06/10/06. Westbound at Exit 236C for Saint Bernard Avenue. Saint Bernard Avenue provides a surface arterial between Louisiana 39 (Claiborne Street) and Robert E. Lee Boulevard in the lakeside Spanish Fort neighborhood of the city. Motorists in the eastbound direction see a pair of flyover ramps to/from Louisiana 39 (Claiborne Street) above. Photo taken 06/10/06. The LADOTD preferred exit into the French Quarter/Vieux Carre from Interstate 10 west is the Exit 235A off-ramp to Orleans Street. This exit carries traffic onto the city street grid near Louis Armstrong Park. The French Quarter is home to Bourbon Street, the popular street mall made famous by its party atmosphere, and other cultural attractions ranging from Jackson Square to the Cabildo. One will also find many live jazz bars and clubs in the Quarter along with cajun eateries offering anything from gumbo to crawfish. Displayed here is the 0.50-mile overhead for Exit 235A (Canal Street). Photo taken 06/10/06. High rises adorn the Interstate 10 viaduct as it approaches the Canal Street exit on westbound. Claiborne Avenue parallels the viaduct underneath, carrying U.S. 90 from Tulane Avenue westward. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 235A descends from Interstate 10 west onto Orleans Avenue. Orleans Avenue travels southeast from City Park Avenue to Basin Street within the French Quarter. Use Orleans Avenue north for the Treme neighborhood and U.S. 90 (Broad Avenue). Photo taken 06/10/06. Another view of the downtown skyscrapers to the south of Interstate 10. The central business district resides between Canal Street and the Pontchartrain Expressway (U.S. 90 Business). Although not readily visible from westbound, mausoleums lie along the eastbound side of the freeway between Iberville and St. Louis Streets. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 westbound continues to Exit 235B (Canal Street) and the New Orleans Superdome. Canal Street constitutes a wide surface boulevard between the World Trade Center on the Mississippi Riverfront and Metairie Road. Motorists bound for the Superdome, home of the NFL New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Sports Arena (home of the NBA New Orleans Hornets), are advised to take the Canal Street off-ramp to Claiborne Street westbound (underneath the viaduct). Photo taken 06/10/06. Nearing the Exit 235B ramp departure for Canal Street on Interstate 10 west. A left-hand exit departs ahead for U.S. 90 Business (Pontchartrain Expressway) west and U.S. 90 (Claiborne Avenue) west. Use Canal Street for the LSU Medical Center and Veterans Administration Hospital. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 cuts a swath through high rises along Tulane Avenue (U.S. 90) ahead of the stack interchange with the Pontchartrain Expressway (U.S. 90 Business). Hurricane Katrina caused structural damage and blown out windows to the tall buildings of New Orleans during the August 29, 2005 landfall. Some of that damage is visible in the high-rise pictured here. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 235B leaves Interstate 10 westbound via a loop ramp onto Derbigny Street one block west of Canal Street. It should be noted that Canal Street was actually U.S. 90 from Broad Avenue southward to Claiborne Avenue originally. The highway saw relocation four blocks westward on Broad Avenue to U.S. 61, where the highway now travels Tulane Avenue southward to Claiborne Street. Use Canal Street south to St. Charles Avenue west for Downtown, the Warehouse District, and the hotel district. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 splits at Exit 234C with two lanes continuing northwest to Metairie and two lanes departing for U.S. 90 (Claiborne Street) west & U.S. 90 Business (Pontchartrain Expressway) west. This interchange is an expansive elevated stack interchange elevated over the Clairborne Street intersections with Earhart Boulevard and Poydras Street below. U.S. 90 Business is a part of High Priority Corridor 1/37 (Future Interstate 49) and is also considered unsigned Interstate 910 by AASHTO. This interchange represents the planned eastern terminus of future Interstate 49, a freeway that currently ends at Lafayette. Photo taken 06/10/06. Ramps to the westbound beginning of Business U.S. 90 (Pontchartrain Expressway) and the continuation of U.S. 90 west along Claiborne Avenue depart from Interstate 10 westbound near downtown New Orleans (Exit 234C). The "Business" route is really a bypass of U.S. 90 to the south, serving the Westbank communities of Gretna, Harvey, Marrero, and Westwego along a freeway. Claiborne Avenue (U.S. 90) loops to the south and west through the Broadmoor, University, and Carollton sections of the city. Tulane University, pre-Hurricane Katrina home of the Sugar Bowl, resides along the path of U.S. 90 at Versailles Boulevard. Photo taken 06/10/06. A view of the Interstate 10 westbound mainline as it turns northwest toward Metairie at Exit 234C. Reconstructed in the early 1990s, the Exit 234C junction offers sweeping flyovers high above the city street grid below that join Interstate 10 with the Pontchartrain Expressway, a north-south freeway between the Greater New Orleans and Crescent City Connection Bridges (U.S. 90 Business) and Pontchartrain Boulevard at Interstate 610 (Exit 231B). Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 westbound merges with U.S. 90 Business eastbound at the Broad Avenue over crossing. A pair of overheads advise motorists of the interchange confluence between U.S. 61 (Airline Drive & Tulane Avenue) and Carrollton Avenue. U.S. 61 begins at the intersection of Broad and Tulane Avenues (U.S. 90) at the Mid-City neighborhood nearby. The federal highway travels northwest along Tulane Avenue to Interstate 10 where it transitions into Airline Drive at Holly-Grove. Photo taken 06/10/06. The westbound freeway briefly swells to five lanes at the Jeff Davis Parkway overpass. A two-lane off-ramp departs ahead for ramps to U.S. 61 (Airline Drive) north to Holly Grove and Jefferson Parish and Carrollton Avenue north to Tulane Avenue and U.S. 61 south. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 ascends to span Carollton Avenue, U.S. 61 (Airline Drive) and ramps associated with the Exit 232 directional-cloverleaf interchange. Carrollton Avenue enters the scene from Leake and St. Charles Avenues at the Mississippi Riverfront to the southwest. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 232 partitions into ramps directly onto U.S. 61 (Airline Drive) north and Carrollton Avenue north to U.S. 61 (Tulane Avenue) at Mid-City, Wisner Boulevard, and Fairgrounds Race Track, home of the New Orleans Jazz Festival. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 ascends over U.S. 61 (Airline Drive) and Carollton Avenue on the northern push to Exit 231A with Metairie Road (Louisiana 611-9) west and City Park Avenue east. Photo taken 06/10/06. Pontchartrain Boulevard travels along the eastbound side of Interstate 10 and a railroad line along the westbound side between U.S. 61 and Metairie Road/City Park Avenue. Metairie Road (Louisiana 611-9) meanders west to the Jefferson Parish communities of Old Metairie and De Limon Place to junction U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) near Causeway Boulevard. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 231A carries drivers to the confluence of Metairie Road (Louisiana 611-9) and City Park Avenue. The two roads are the same, changing names at their intersection with Pontchartrain Boulevard to the west. City Park Avenue ventures east to Canal Street and Boulevard, and Wisner Boulevard at Carrollton Avenue. Wisner Boulevard travels north to New Orleans City Park and the Lakeshore community of New Orleans. Photo taken 06/10/06. The last New Orleans city exit joins Interstate 10 with Florida and West End Boulevards at Exit 231B. The right-hand lane defaults onto the parting West End Boulevard north, a parallel road to Pontchartrain Boulevard south. The Pontchartrain Expressway originally defaulted onto the one-way couplet of West End and Pontchartrain Boulevards ahead. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 sinks below the CSX Transportation railroad bridge ahead of the partial "Y" interchange split with the Pontchartrain Expressway at West End Boulevard. Photo taken 06/10/06. Attached to the railroad bridge are signs for the Airport (Interstate 10 west) and Exit 231B, Florida Boulevard east and West End Boulevard north. Florida Boulevard begins via a ramp from West End Boulevard to Canal Boulevard and General Diaz Street nearby. Canal Boulevard comprises a main north-south arterial through Lakeview to the north. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 resumes a westward course at the split with the Pontchartrain Expressway (Exit 231B). Interstate 610 west merges with the freeway around the bend at the Jefferson Parish line. West End Boulevard meanwhile begins after the three-quarter cloverleaf interchange with Interstate 610. West End Boulevard continues north to the West End neighborhood at New Orleans-Hammond Highway and Lakeshore Drive. Photo taken 06/10/06. A parting shot of the Pontchartrain Expressway split into ramps for Florida Avenue east to Canal Boulevard and West End Boulevard north to Veterans Memorial Boulevard. Note the water line stain on the sound barrier to the right. For weeks the interchange between Interstate 10 and 610 sat under water as the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina toppled portions of New Orleans' protective levee system. Photo taken 06/10/06. A loop ramp from Pontchartrain Boulevard southbound partitions with ramps to Interstate 10 west and Interstate 610 east from the cloverleaf interchange adjacent to the partial "Y" interchange of Interstate 10 & 610. Photo taken 06/10/06. The one-mile guide sign for Bonnabel Boulevard resides at the Jefferson Parish line along Interstate 10. Motorists along Interstate 610 westbound merge in from the left as the freeway enters the community of Metairie (pop. 146,136). Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 gains a pair of frontage roads through Metairie. Exit 229 to Bonnabel Boulevard utilizes those frontage roads to make the connection between the freeway and north-south arterial. Bonnabel Boulevard begins at Louisiana 611-9 (Metairie Road) and ends at Lake Pontchartrain near Bucktown. Photo taken 06/10/06. Construction continues to expand Interstate 10 between the Orleans Parish Line and full-cloverleaf interchange with Causeway Boulevard. Before Hurricane Katrina, this stretch was notorious for long traffic delays and crippling congestion. The lack of 200,000 plus residents in New Orleans has reduced the congestion here, but the freeway is still under powered and the road work continues to address those issues. Photo taken 06/10/06. Entering the overwhelmed interchange at Causeway Boulevard (Exit 228) on Interstate 10 west. Causeway Boulevard provides a major arterial between Interstate 10 and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. The connection with the 23-mile tolled facility allows commuters to travel to/from New Orleans to Mandeville and Covington on the northern side of Lake Pontchartrain. The causeway carries four lanes of traffic on two spans and all passenger vehicles on the southbound bridge are levied a $3.00 toll. Southward, Causeway Boulevard links Interstate 10 and the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway with U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) and U.S. 90 (Jefferson Highway). Contrary to many maps, most of the boulevard is not controlled access. An interchange exists with U.S. 61 and an elevated viaduct controls access between U.S. 61 and the southern terminal interchange at U.S. 90. The expressway portion of highway is part of the 0.92-mile Louisiana 3046. A collector/distributor roadway segregates the movements between the Exit 228 ramps from the Interstate 10 mainline. Photos taken 06/10/06. Next in line for westbound travelers is the Exit 226 junction with Clearview Parkway. Pictured here is the Causeway Boulevard overpass. Causeway Boulevard sees a diamond interchange with Veterans Memorial Boulevard to the north and intersects Napoleon Avenue to the south. Photo taken 06/10/06. Crews raced to build pier supports for a planned flyover from southbound Causeway Boulevard onto Interstate 10 east in 2004. Yet the supports sit idle two years later and that ramp is a part of a long range upgrade for Interstate 10, not a short-range one. Photo taken 06/10/06. Construction resulted in the upgrade of Interstate 10 through the Clearview Parkway full-cloverleaf interchange. New sound walls line the frontage between the freeway mainline and parallel service roads. Pictured here is a new sign bridge installed for Exit 226 indicating the exit-only aspect of the right-hand two lanes. A collector/distributor roadway facilitates the movements between the two highways ahead. Photo taken 06/10/06. Cleary Avenue passes over Interstate 10 one quarter mile east of the Exit 226 c/d roadway departure. Clearview Parkway constitutes a main arterial from U.S. 90 (Jefferson Highway) at Louisiana 48 and the Huey P. Long Bridge northward to U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) and Interstate 10. The Huey P. Long Bridge is only the second crossing of the Mississippi River in the state north of the river delta. The first crossing is the Greater New Orleans & Crescent City Connection Bridges (U.S. 90 Business & Future Interstate 49). Part of Clearview Parkway is the 1.62-mile Louisiana 3152. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 226 departs Interstate 10 west for ramps to Clearview Parkway north to Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Esplanade Avenue and the parkway south to the Huey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi River to Bridge City, Avondale, and the Westbank. Motorists bound for the U.S. 90 west destinations of Houma, Raceland, and Morgan City should remain on Interstate 10 west to Interstate 310 south (Exit 220). Photo taken 06/10/06. Veterans Memorial Boulevard parallels Interstate 10 throughout Jefferson Parish. The two roads finally cross paths at the Exit 225 partial-cloverleaf interchange north of Lafreniere Park. Photo taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 elevates to pass over Veterans Memorial Boulevard and Canal Number 3 at Exit 225. Veterans Memorial Boulevard travels just south of the freeway between here and Loyola Drive in Kenner. The stretch between Exit 225 and Louisiana 49 (Williams Boulevard) is commercialized. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 224/Power Boulevard overhead on Interstate 10 westbound. A new high flyover was constructed between 1999-2000 to carry motorists from Power Boulevard south onto Interstate 10 east at Exit 224. Power Boulevard heads southeast from Vintage Drive and Esplanade Avenue in north Kenner to Veterans Memorial Boulevard at David Drive. Photos taken 06/10/06. Interstate 10 westbound at the Power Boulevard partial "Y" interchange (Exit 224). The Westgate and Bissonet communities nearby are served by this interchange. This exit also serves the Kenner area, connecting to the south with Louisiana 3154 near Zephyr Field (home of the AAA New Orleans Zephyrs baseball franchise via David Drive. David Drive becomes Dickory Drive (Louisiana 3154) south of U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) ahead of the Earhart Expressway (Louisiana 3139) west end. Photo taken 06/10/06. Approaching Exits 223A/B for Louisiana 49 (Williams Boulevard) and New Orleans International Airport (Airport Boulevard). Williams Boulevard is a main thoroughfare from the lakeshore to U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) within the city of Kenner. Interstate 10 peak hour traffic remains heavy from Interstate 610 westward to the Exit 223A/B confluence peaking at 137,470 [2002] vpd. The right-hand overhead is a 2002 replacement that added 32nd Street to Exit 223A. Photo taken 06/10/06. Midway between Power Boulevard and Williams Boulevard on Interstate 10 west. Louisiana 49 ends at Joe Yenni Boulevard / 44th Street to the north and junction Louisiana 48 (Jefferson Highway) at Rivertown USA to the south. 32nd Street travels east from the Duncan Canal to Power Boulevard nearby. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 223B directly serves the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport with indirect connections to U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) as well. The interchange utilizes flyover ramps from westbound Interstate 10 to the airport access road south and for traffic returning to Interstate 10 eastbound. The airport access road comprises a four-lane divided-highway on the east side of the airport grounds. This roadway carries a 35 MPH speed limit and a bush lined median. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 223B splits into a flyover ramp to Louisiana 49 (Williams Boulevard) south to Westgate and the ramp for Louisiana 49 (Williams Boulevard) north to Gabriel and 32nd Street. Exit 223A provides a segregated flyover ramp directly to the airport. Photo taken 06/10/06. A new high-speed flyover was added for movements between Louisiana 49 (Williams Boulevard) south to Interstate 10 east around 1999. The scene here looks at the six lane freeway as it travels over Louisiana 49 and under the new flyover. To the right is the Exit 223A ramp partition. A loop ramp joins Louisiana 49 south underneath the freeway while the 32nd Street ramp ends at the Connecticut Avenue intersection with 32nd Street. Photo taken 06/10/06. The last of two Kenner area interchanges is the Exit 221 diamond with Loyola Drive. Loyola Drive stems northward from Veterans Memorial Boulevard to Sunset and Joe Yennie Boulevards in northwestern Kenner. Photo taken 06/10/06. Exit 221 leaves Interstate 10 westbound for Loyola Drive in west Kenner. Loyola Drive serves Veterans Heights to the south and Woodlake Estates to the north. The final interchange within the immediate metropolitan area departs in 1.25-miles for Interstate 310. Photo taken 06/10/06. Two lanes depart for Interstate 310 southbound at the Exit 220 stack interchange. High speed flyovers facilitate the movements between the two interstates above the prime tupelo and cypress swamp wetlands below. The 11.25-mile Interstate links Interstate 10 with U.S. 90 at the community of Boutte. The freeway includes the 1983 opened Hale Boggs Mississippi River, a high-level, long-span, cable stayed bridge. Photo taken 10/23/03. From Interstate 310 westward Interstate 10 travels nine miles worth of elevated highway. The freeway viaduct in conjunction with five miles of Interstate 310 and 23 miles of Interstate 55 represents the longest continuous bridge in the world at 38 miles. Pictured here are scenes along the southern fringes of Lake Pontchartrain and the Bonnet Carre Spillway. There are no interchanges between Exit 220 (Interstate 310) and Exit 210 (Interstate 55). Photo taken 10/23/03. The first of several Exit 210 guide signs for the northbound beginning of Interstate 55. The freeway begins via a partial "Y" interchange with direct access only from westbound and return access only to eastbound. Movements between Interstate 55 south to Interstate 10 west and Interstate 10 east and Interstate 55 north are provided via U.S. 51. Photos taken 10/23/03 & 10/18/03. Drawing to within one mile of the Interstate 55 northbound split from Interstate 10 west. Exit 210 is signed with the control city of Hammond, the location where Interstate 55 meets Interstate 12 (Exit 29). Otherwise the freeway provides the main route from the New Orleans metropolitan area to Jackson, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee. Photo taken 11/06/99. A pair of lanes depart Interstate 10 westbound for Interstate 55 via Exit 210. Interstate 55 merges with U.S. 51 in less than a mile (Exit 1). The two highways from there along a narrow strip of land between Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain. Alongside the elevated freeway is the original two-lane U.S. 51. Interchanges with the old alignment exist at Rudduck (Exit 7) and Manchac (Exit 15). Otherwise Interstate 55 & U.S. 51 continue northward to Ponchatoula and Hammond. The split occurs at Exit 28. Photos taken 10/18/03 & 10/23/03. Attached to the Interstate 55 southbound ramp to Interstate 10 east is the overhead for the Exit 209 ramp departure. Exit 209 provides a diamond interchange with U.S. 51 and the city of Laplace. U.S. 51 consists of three miles between Interstate 10 and its terminus at U.S. 61 (Airline Highway). Photos taken 10/18/03 & 10/23/03. The end of the Exit 209 off-ramp at U.S. 51. One half mile to the right U.S. 51 merges onto Interstate 55 at a half-diamond interchange. Motorists wishing to access Interstate 10 west from Interstate 55 south must utilize the U.S. 51 southbound off-ramp. To the left U.S. 51 widens to five lanes as it enters the city of Laplace. Laplace is growing at a rapid rate as the New Orleans metropolitan area continues its westward push. Photo taken 10/23/03. Page Updated July 1, 2006.