| Interstate 49 & U.S. 167 reassurance shield assembly posted
between Exits 4 and 7. A hurricane evacuation trailblazer is also placed here. Traveling alongside both
carriageways of interstate 49 are two-lane frontage roads. These highways are named the Northwest and Northeast
Evangeline Thruway and thus constitute the older pre-freeway alignment of U.S. 167. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Louisiana 182 crosses paths with Interstate 49 & U.S. 167
at the Exit 7 diamond interchange. The state highway comprises the original route of U.S. 167 between
Lafayette and Nuba. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Older style Louisiana 182 guide sign one half mile south of
Exit 7. Louisiana 182 follows the old roadway of U.S. 90 between Morgan City (pop. 12,703) and Lafayette. The
highway totals 173.88 miles overall. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Traffic to Louisiana 7 departs the Exit 7 off-ramp of Interstate
49 & U.S. 167 northbound. No control city is used for the state highway in the northbound direction since the
route doubles back to the northwest before the next interchange (Exit 11). Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Louisiana 93 junctions with Interstate 49 & U.S. 167 midway
between the towns of Sunset (pop. 2,352) and Grand Coteau (pop. 1,040). The state highway follows Duffy Avenue
northeast from Napolean Avenue out of Sunset to the Exit 11 diamond interchange and Grand Coteau.
Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| From Interstate 49 & U.S. 167 eastward, Louisiana 93 travels
Main Street through Grand Coteau seven miles to Arnaudville (pop. 1,398). Napolean Avenue in Sunset carries
Louisiana 93 and 182 for a 0.6-mile overlap. Louisiana 93 overall travels 29.91 miles between Lafayette
and Arnaudville (junction Louisiana 31). Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Louisiana 3133, like Louisiana 726, exists as a connector
between Interstate 49 & U.S. 167 (Exit 15) to Louisiana 182 (old U.S. 167) from east to west. The state
highway tallies 1.10 miles on the alignment of Harry Guilbeau Road. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| The one-half mile guide sign of Exit 17 (Judson Walsh Road)
as displayed on Interstate 49 & U.S. 167 northbound. Judson Walsh Road is the first of three Opelousas
(pop. 22,860) area interchanges on the north-south freeway. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Interstate 49 & U.S. 167 northbound at the Exit 17 diamond
interchange with Judson Walsh Road. Judson Walsh Road begins at the northbound frontage road. From Exit 17
westward the surface highway travels one mile to Louisiana 182 (Union Street). Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Louisiana 31 junctions with Interstate 49 & U.S. 167
at the next Opelousas interchange (Exit 18). The state highway begins nearby at Louisiana 182 (Union Street)
to the south of downtown. 54.81 miles to the south, Louisiana 31 ends at Louisiana 182 (New Iberia).
Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Louisiana 31 provides the main highway between Opelousas
and Leonville (pop. 1,007), Arnaudville, and Cecilia (pop. 1,505) to the southeast. The state highway is known
as Creswell Lane within the city limits of Opelousas. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| One half mile to the north of Louisiana 31 (Exit 18) is
the six-ramp partial cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 190 (Exits 19A/B). U.S. 190 composes the main highway
from Opelousas eastward to the capital city of Baton Rouge (pop. 227,818). The highway is divided and carries
an overall four lanes on the 56 mile stretch between the two cities. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| The on-ramp of Exit 18 becomes the exit-only lane to Exit 19A
(U.S. 190 east). U.S. 190 was the original east-west corridor between Baton Rouge and points west. A lengthy
viaduct travels the Atchafalaya River basin between Krotz Springs (pop. 1,219) and Lottie in Point Coupee
Parish. Until the completion of Interstate 10, there were only two highways out of New Orleans to the west, that
of U.S. 190 and U.S. 90. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Interstate 49 & U.S. 167 northbound at the ramp departure of
Exit 19A for U.S. 190 east. The federal highway intersects the southern terminus of U.S. 71 in 15 miles.
Otherwise the highway travels four miles from there to Krotz Springs and the Atchafalaya River bridges
at the Saint Landry Parish line. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| A loop ramp handles the movements of Interstate 49 & U.S. 167
northbound onto U.S. 190 west. U.S. 190 splits between the one-way street couplet of Landry Street (westbound)
and Vine Street (eastbound) in the city of Opelousas. West of town U.S. 190 travels 22 miles to Eunice (pop. 11,499)
and junction Louisiana 13. Photo taken 10/13/03.
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| 1.75-mile guide sign of Exit 23 (U.S. 167 north and Louisiana 744
east). Two things occur at the upcoming diamond interchange. First U.S. 167 departs the Interstate 49 corridor
for a westward jog to Nuba and Ville Platte (pop. 8,145). Second the frontage road system of older U.S. 167 ends
after following the freeway for the first 23 miles. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Drawing to within one half mile of the Interstate 49 and U.S.
167 northbound partition. Louisiana 744 continues the roadway of U.S. 167 east to Louisiana 743. The Interstate
49 and Louisiana 743 junctions compose the endpoints of the 0.95-mile highway. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Interstate 49 bids U.S. 167 fond adieu via the Exit 23 off-ramp.
U.S. 167 travels one mile to Nuba and junction Louisiana 182 before turning northwesterly 16 miles to
Ville Platte. U.S. 167 will again intersect Interstate 49 at Exit 61. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| One mile south of Louisiana 103 (Exit 25) on Interstate 49
northbound. Louisiana 103 links the freeway with nearby Washington (pop. 1,082). Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Louisiana 103 overall loops 39.91 miles around Opelousas
between Louisiana 31 (Leonville) and U.S. 190 (Lawtell). The highway links Washington with the communities of
Soileau and Grand Prairie to the northwest. Southeastward Louisiana 103 travels 11 miles to Port Barre
(pop. 2,287) and junction U.S. 190. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Interstate 49 at the folded cloverleaf interchange with
Louisiana 103 (Exit 25). Louisiana 103 also serves the Thistlethwaite State Wildlife Management Area to the
east. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Interstate 49 sees the one-mile guide sign for Louisiana
10 (Exit 27) in this northbound scene. Louisiana 10 intersects Louisiana 103 at downtown Washington and
travels northward two miles to Exit 27. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| The one-half mile guide sign of Exit 27 (Louisiana 10) features
a next exit placard for the Exit 40 interchange with Louisiana 20. Outside of Shreveport, Alexandria, and
Lafayette/Opelousas, the exits are few and far between. Thus the next exit placards are put in use on at
least one of the advance guide signs per interchange. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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| Northbound at the Exit 27 ramp departure for Louisiana 10.
Interstate 49 begins its northwesterly turn toward Alexandria (pop. 43,342) at this point. Louisiana 10
curves northeast 8.5 miles to Lebeau and junction U.S. 71. The state highway tallies 250.03 miles between
U.S. 171 (Pickering) to the Mississippi state line east of Bogalusa. Photo taken 10/18/03.
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Page Updated March 1, 2004.
