Louisiana Highway 77

Louisiana Highway 77 marker

Louisiana Highway 77
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length: 49.2 mi[1] (79.2 km)
Existed: 1955 renumbering – present
Major junctions
South end: LA 1 in Plaquemine
  I10 in Grosse Tete
US 190 in Livonia
North end: LA 10 north of Fordoche
Location
Parishes: Iberville, Pointe Coupee
Highway system
  • Louisiana Highway System
LA 76LA 78

Louisiana Highway 77 (LA 77) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Iberville and Pointe Coupee parishes. It spans 49.2 miles (79.2 km).

Route description

LA 77 travels southward from LA 10 near the old Melville Ferry roadway in Pointe Coupee Parish through Fordoche and Livonia. In Iberville Parish, it is the primary route from Plaquemine to the northern communities of Maringouin, Rosedale, and Grosse Tete. It parallels Bayou Grosse Tete for much of its course, and the landscape is mostly composed of sugarcane fields and forests along the bayou. LA 77 turns southeastward across a drawbridge over Bayou Grosse Tete and the Intracoastal Canal and parallels Bayou Plaqemine on the western bank before ending at Louisiana Highway 1 near The Island Country Club in Plaquemine.

Junction list

ParishLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
IbervillePlaquemine0.00.0 LA 1 Port Allen, DonaldsonvilleSouthern terminus
 17.227.7 LA 386
Grosse Tete21.835.1 I10 Baton Rouge, Lafayette
Rosedale23.938.5 LA 76 Port Allen
Maringouin29.848.0 LA 977
30.348.8 LA 76 Port Allen
Pointe Coupee 34.555.5 LA 977 Maringouin
Livonia35.356.8 LA 81 Lottie
35.657.3 US 190 Baton Rouge, Opelousas
Fordoche42.067.6 LA 81 Lottie, Livonia
 47.576.4
LA 77 Spur Morganza
 49.179.0 LA 10 Krotz SpringsNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Spur route


Louisiana Highway 77
Location: none
Length: 1.44 mi (2.32 km)

Louisiana Spur Highway 77 (Spur LA 77) is a 1.4-mile-long (2.3 km) highway that covers a glitch in the state highway system. The current LA 77 follows the routing of the original Jefferson Highway, and the LA 77 alignment follows the old road to meet LA 10 West. However, this shortcut is used to reach Morganza, to the northeast of Livonia.[2]

Junction list

The entire highway is in Pointe Coupee Parish.

Locationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
 0.00.0 LA 77Western terminus
 1.42.3 LA 10 MelvilleEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. Google (January 20, 2015). "Louisiana Highway 77" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Google (January 20, 2015). "Louisiana Highway 77 Spur" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 20, 2015.

External links

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