Interstate 49 North - Shreveport


Southern Loop is a 3.13 mile long major collector west to parallel Linwood Avenue and east to Norris Ferry Road in south Shreveport.
09/04/09
Southern Loop west 8.32 miles from Linwood Avenue to LA 526 at Pines Road in west Shreveport is unconstructed.
09/04/09
LA 526 (Bert Kouns Industrial Loop) is an arterial route encircling Shreveport south for 15.98 miles from I-20 at Flournoy to LA 511 (E 70th Street) at Dixie Gardens.
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A commercialized diamond interchange connects I-49 and LA 526 (Bert Kouns Industrial Loop) at Exit 199.
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LA 526 leads 3.1 miles west from Exit 199 to U.S. 171 (Mansfield Road) and 3.5 miles northeast to LA 1 (Youree Drive).
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Interstate 49 advances one mile north from LA 526 to Exit 201 for LA 3132 (Inner Loop Expressway).
10/18/03
LA 3132 constitutes a 10.27 mile long freeway loop east to LA 523 (Flournoy Lucas Road) and west to the exchange joining I-20, I-49 and I-220 in Shreveport.
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The Inner Loop Expressway concludes at a half diamond interchange with LA 523 between Forbing and Lucas. A planned extension of the loop crosses the Red River over a privately funded toll bridge to U.S. 71 via Sligo Road.
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LA 3132 bypasses Shreveport to I-20 west for Texarkana and the continuation of I-49 along I-220 north toward Texarkana, Arkansas.
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The flyover to LA 3132 west joins the Inner Loop Expressway just ahead of Exit 6 to Linwood Avenue.
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A four level systems interchange joins Interstate 49 and LA 3132 (Inner Loop Expressway) at Exit 201.
10/18/03
Interstate 49 curves northwest alongside a Kansas City Southern Railroad line ahead of Exit 202 to LA 511 (70th Street) at the Cedar Grove neighborhood in Shreveport.
09/04/09
Interstate 49 opened to traffic from LA 526 (Bert Kouns Industrial Loop) and the multi level interchange with LA 3132 north to I-20 on December 19, 1995.
09/04/09
The flyover ramps from LA 3132 join Interstate 49 north within a mile of Exit 202 for LA 511 (E 70th Street).
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Interstate 49 continues north along a viaduct from E 85th Street to E 75th Street. The elevated roadway spans the parallel Kansas City Southern Railroad.
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LA 511 (70th Street) is an 18.01 mile long arterial stretching across the city of Shreveport west to U.S. 79/80 at Greenwood and east to U.S. 71 in Bossier City.
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I-49 proceeds 0.4 miles from the LA 511 entrance ramp to Exit 203 for Pierremont Road east and Hollywood Avenue west.
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Hollywood Avenue runs 4.12 miles west from the Fairfield neighborhood nearby Monkhouse Drive at the passenger terminal for Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV). Pierremont Road extends 1.74 miles east onto Southfield Road.
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A single point interchange (Exit 205) follows on I-49 north at Kings Highway near Louisiana State University (LSU) Medical Center.
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Kings Highway is a multilane boulevard west through Werner Park to U.S. 171 (Hearne Avenue) and the Louisiana State Fairgrounds.
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Kings Highway east becomes LA 3032 at LA 1 (Youree Drive). LA 3032 continues the arterial east 2.34 miles to U.S. 71 at the West Gate into Barksdale Air Force Base.
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The former north end of Interstate 49 partitions with two lanes departing at Exit 206 for I-20 and two lanes continuing north to the at-grade intersection joining Peter Harris Drive with Murphy Street.
10/03/21
Interstate 20 passes south of Downtown Shreveport east ahead of the Red River and Bossier City.
10/03/21
Although only marked with trailblazers, I-49 turns southwest alongside I-20 for 4.94 miles to I-220 in west Shreveport.
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Interstate 20 travels across northern Louisiana to Monroe and Natchez, Mississippi. West into Texas beyond Greenwood, I-20 continues to Marshall, Longview and Dallas.
10/03/21
The flyover for I-20 west and I-49 north partitions with an exit ramp to Lakeshore Drive for Cross Lake.
05/20/14
The ramp to I-20 east adds a through lane and an auxiliary lane to Exit 18 A for Line Avenue south and Common Street north.
05/20/14
The systems interchange at I-20/49 is nearly complete, only missing ramps from west I-20 to Pete Harris Drive and from Allen Avenue south onto I-20 east.
10/03/21
Two lanes from I-49 north lead to a signalized intersection with Peter Harris Drive extending north and Murphy Street west to the Allendale-Lakeside neighborhood.
10/03/21
Roadway stubs for the missing ramps and an exit to Murphy Street were designed into the exchange at I-20/49.
10/03/21
Murphy Street heads east from Pete Harris Drive to Southern Avenue, which links to Interstate 20 eastbound.
10/03/21
Pete Harris Drive north connects with LA 173 (Caddo Street) in 0.80 miles.
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The flyover from I-20 east to Pete Harris Drive intersects Murphy Street separately from the north end of Interstate 49.
05/20/14
Photo Credits:
- Brent Ivy: 09/04/09
- AARoads: 10/18/03
- ABRoads: 05/20/14, 10/03/21
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Page Updated Wednesday June 28, 2023.