Interstate 610 (Louisiana)
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| Interstate 610 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Maintained by LaDOTD | |||||||||
| Length: | 4.52 mi[1] (7 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1956 | ||||||||
| West end: |  I-10 at the Orleans-Jefferson parish line |
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| East end: | I-10 in New Orleans |
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Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610) is an auxiliary route of Interstate 10 that lies entirely within the boundaries of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The western terminus is at I-10 at the 17th Street Canal, which forms the boundary between Orleans Parish and Jefferson Parish. The eastern terminus is at I-10 near Franklin Avenue in the Gentilly neighborhood of the city, just west of where I-10 crosses the Industrial Canal, which links the Mississippi River with Lake Pontchartrain. The total length of the bypass is approximately 5 miles.
While I-10 continues into the Central Business District of New Orleans, I-610 provides a shorter route and a bypass for motorists by cutting east and west through City Park.
The idea for I-610 goes back to around 1956, when a consultant firm proposed building a federal-aid highway along the current route next to an existing railroad. The proposed route would cut through City Park. During public hearings in 1958, there was a lot of debate about the highway cutting through the park.[2]
The state purchased the right-of-way in City Park in 1966 and began construction of I-610 in 1971. In 1972, a lawsuit was filed, citing that the project violated a 1968 law forbidding the use of parkland as a route for highways unless there was no other alternative route and steps were taken to mitigate park damage. The state eventually prevailed and I-610 was completed in the late 1970s.
[edit] Exit list
The entire route is in New Orleans, Orleans Parish.
| Exit # | Destinations | Notes |
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| I-10 west – Baton Rouge |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |
| 1B | I-10 east – New Orleans Business District |
Westbound exit only |
| 1A | West End Boulevard, Canal Boulevard | |
| 2A | St. Bernard Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| 2C | Paris Avenue | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 2B |  US 90 west (New Orleans Street, North Broad Street) |
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance |
| 3 | Elysian Fields Avenue (LA 3021) | |
| 4 | Franklin Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
| I-10 east – Slidell |
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance |
[edit] References
- ^ Louisiana Interstate Highway Log
- ^ Interstate 610 Louisiana (2003). Retrieved on 2007-04-15.
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