Interstate 12 West - Walker to Baton Rouge

West

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Interstate 12 west enters the Baton Rouge city limits in 11.8 miles. Downtown Baton Rouge is 24 miles away.
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LA 447 (Walker South Road) joins Interstate 12 with the city of Walker at forthcoming Exit 15.
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A 20.24 mile long highway, LA 447 extends north from Walker to LA 63 and south from Exit 15 to LA 16 in the village of Port Vincent.
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Construction in 2016 converted the exchange at Exit 15 into a dumbbell interchange.
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Costing $21.9 million, expansion of Interstate 12 west from LA 447 at Walker 3.2 miles to LA 1026 (Juban Road) got underway on December 14, 2011.¹
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Opened on April 20, 2007, the diamond interchange (Exit 12) with Juban Road was constructed to provide relief to LA 3002 (Range Avenue) in Denham Springs.
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Planned development in 2011 along Juban Road included 471 acres for residential and commercial use.¹
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Continuing west into the city of Denham Springs, the succeeding exit along Interstate 12 west is with LA 3002 (Range Avenue).
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LA 3002 is a commercial boulevard leading 2.56 miles north from LA 1034 (Vincent Road) at Plantation Avenue to U.S. 190/LA 16 (Florida Avenue) at the Denham Springs city center.
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A 1.72 mile long route between LA 1032 (4-H Club Road) and LA 16 (Petes Highway), LA 3003 (Rushing Road) parallels I-12 just north of Exit 10.
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Interstate 12 advances two miles west from the LA 1032 (4-H Club) underpass to the diamond interchange (Exit 7) with O'Neal Lane (former LA 3245).
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A $100 million project widening I-12 from four to six lanes between LA 16 (Pete's Highway) and O'Neail Lane got underway following a ceremony held on May 1, 2009. Work was scheduled for completion by Thanksgiving 2011.²
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The Amite River doubles as the East Baton Rouge Parish line across Interstate 12.
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LA 3245 previously lined O'Neal Lane south to Harrell's Ferry Road and north to U.S. 190 (Florida Boulevard).
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Central Thruway extends 3.91 miles north from O'Neal Lane at U.S. 190 (Florida Boulevard) to LA 37 (Greenwell Springs Road) and Sullivan Road.
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Interstate 12 previously expanded to six lanes from Exit 6 west to I-10 in Baton Rouge.
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Millerville Road is a commercial boulevard running 1.50 miles north from Harrell's Ferry Road to Old Hammond Highway (former LA 426) at Millerville.
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Sherwood Forest Boulevard meets Interstate 12 at a diamond interchange (Exit 4) in 1.75 miles.
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Interstate 12 crosses Jones Creek ahead of Exit 4 for Sherwood Forest Boulevard. The four lane, divided boulevard leads south to U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) at LA 3246 (Siegen Lane).
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North from Exit 4, Sherwood Forest Boulevard links I-12 with LA 426 (Old Hammond Highway) by Sherwood South Shopping Center.
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U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) converges with Interstate 12 at a cloverleaf interchange (Exit 2) one mile west of Sherwood Forest Boulevard.
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U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) is a six lane arterial leading north from Exit 2 B, 1.9 miles to a cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 190 (Florida Boulevard) east and U.S. 61-190 Business west by what was Cortana Mall.
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U.S. 61/190 (Airline Highway) overlap northwest from Florida Boulevard to North Baton Rouge and Interstate 110.
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U.S. 61 (Airline Highway) parallels Interstate 10 southeast to Gonzalez, Laplace and New Orleans. Airline Highway continues west from Baton Rouge along U.S. 190 to Lottie.
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The ensuing exit from Interstate 12 west links with Drusilla Lane (former LA 1068) north of LA 73 (Jefferson Highway).
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Drusilla Lane heads 1.03 miles north from LA 73 (Jefferson Highway) below I-12 to LA 426 (Old Hammond Highway). LA 73 concludes just west of Exit 1 C at LA 3064 (Essen Lane) north of Exit 1 B.
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The entrance ramp from LA 3064 (Essen Lane) adds a four westbound lane on I-12 leading to the two-wye interchange (Exit 1 A) with Interstate 10.
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Exit 1 A is a flyover ramp linking with I-10 east. The New Orleans city center is 75 miles from the west end of Interstate 12.
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$52.3 million in construction started on March 11, 2021 reconfigures the west end of I-12 so that the mainline merges with the left side of I-10. Work also converts the former ramp for I-10 west into an extended exit for College Drive.³
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Interstate 12 west ends ahead of the parclo interchange (Exit 158) joining I-10 with College Drive.
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References:

1. "I-12 expansion set near Walker." Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA), December 15, 2011.
2. "I-12 work to begin." Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA), May 1, 2009.
3. "New routes for I-10 and I-12 at College aimed at Baton Rouge's congested corridor." The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), May, 11, 2021.

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Page Updated Friday June 23, 2023.