Louisiana Highway 1077

Louisiana Highway 1077
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length:	20.7 mi[1][2] (33.3 km)
Existed:	1955 renumbering – present
Major junctions
South end:	Dead end at Lake Ponchartrain in Madisonville
	LA 21 / LA 22 in Madisonville I‑12 north of Madisonville US 190 in Goodbee
North end:	LA 25 south of Folsom
Location
Parishes:	St. Tammany
Highway system
Louisiana Highway System Interstate US State ← LA 1075 LA 1078 →

Louisiana Highway 1077 (LA 1077) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Louisiana in St. Tammany Parish. It spans a total of 20.7 miles (33.3 km) and is bannered north/south. It is known locally as Main Street, St. John Street, Covington Highway, and Savannah Road throughout its run.

Route description

The southern terminus of LA 1077 on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain faces this lighthouse constructed in 1837.

From the south, LA 1077 begins as Main Street near Lake Pontchartrain in Madisonville. It heads north along the west bank of the Tchefuncte River to an intersection with LA 22 (Mulberry Street). At this point, LA 21 begins to the north and overlaps LA 1077. After heading north four blocks further on Main Street, both LA 1077 and LA 21 turn west on St. John Street and two blocks farther, both routes turn north-northwestward. The two highways split less than one mile (1.6 km) farther, with LA 1077 continuing in a north-northwestward direction, eventually meeting Interstate 12 at a diamond interchange (exit 57). Shortly thereafter, LA 1085 crosses and farther north, U.S. Route 190 at Goodbee. LA 1077 turns eastward about five miles (8.0 km) later and crosses the Tchefuncte River. Near the Tangipahoa Parish line, another segment of LA 1077 and LA 1078 exits to the east-southeast while the first segment of LA 1077 continues northward as Turnpike Road. State maintenance of this segment ends at the parish line while Turnpike Road continues west into Tangipahoa Parish.^[1]

The second segment of LA 1077 begins at the aforementioned intersection with the first segment of LA 1077. LA 1078 also begins at this intersection. The two highways head briefly east-northeast together but split about 1.1 miles (1.8 km) from the beginning of the road. LA 1077 heads to the northeast but makes another turn to the east on Willie Road. This segment of LA 1077 ends at an intersection with LA 25 between Covington and Folsom.^[2]

All of LA 1077 is two lanes wide with exception of the on-off ramps at Interstate 12 between Madisonville and Goodbee.

History

LA 1077, except for the west–east stretch intersecting LA 25, is the southern section of an early road which connected Madisonville with Greensburg, Louisiana, and which is now largely otherwise obscured in farmland.

Major intersections

The entire highway is in St. Tammany Parish.

Location	mi[1][2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Madisonville	0.0	0.0	Dead end at Lake Pontchartrain
	2.0	3.2	LA 21 begins / LA 22 (Mulberry Street) – Mandeville, Ponchatoula	Southern terminus of LA 21; south end of LA 21 concurrency
	3.1	5.0	LA 21 north – Covington	North end of LA 21 concurrency
	5.8– 6.2	9.3– 10.0	I‑12 – Hammond, Slidell	Exit 57 (I-12)
	6.7	10.8	LA 1085
Goodbee	9.4	15.1	US 190 – Covington, Hammond
	15.0	24.1	LA 1077 north / LA 1078 east (Bennett Bridge Road)	Western terminus of northern segment of LA 1077 and LA 1078
	15.2	24.5	Turnpike Road	Tangipahoa–St. Tammany parish line
Gap in route
	15.2	24.5	LA 1077 (Turnpike Road) / LA 1078 begins	Western terminus of LA 1078; south end of LA 1078 concurrency
	16.3	26.2	LA 1078 east (Bennett Bridge Road)	North end of LA 1078 concurrency
	20.7	33.3	LA 25 – Covington, Folsom
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. Google (February 9, 2015). "LA 1077 (southern segment)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
2. Google (February 9, 2015). "LA 1077 (northern segment)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 9, 2015.

External links

• LADOTD Map of Numbered Highways
• Louisiana State Highway Log