Interstate 59 in Louisiana

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Interstate 59
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 11 mi[1] (18 km)
Formed: 1957 (received official route number; LA section proposed as early as 1939)
South end: I-10/I-12 near Slidell, LA
North end: I-59 at the Mississippi state line
Highways in Louisiana
< LA 58 LA 60 >

In the U.S. state of Louisiana, Interstate 59 has the shortest mileage of all the states the highway traverses. Beginning at the junction of Interstates 10 and 12 near Slidell, it bypasses Pearl River before entering crossing the West Pearl River and later the East Pearl River in Mississippi.

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are the officially-designated control cities:

[edit] Exit list

Parish Location # Destinations Notes
Saint Tammany 1A I-12 west - Hammond Southbound
Exit to reach Baton Rouge
1B I-10 east - Bay St. Louis Southbound
1C I-10 west - New Orleans Southbound
3 U.S. Route 11 south/LA 1090 south - Pearl River West end of US 11 overlap
Pearl River 5A
LA 41 Spur - Pearl River
5B Honey Island Swamp No outlet
11 Pearl River Turnaround No outlet

[edit] References

  1. ^ Federal Highway Administration Route Log and Finder List, Main Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways as of October 31, 2002


Interstate 59
Previous state:
Terminus		 Louisiana Next state:
Mississippi
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