U.S. Route 61 Business (West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana)
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| Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
| Length: | 2.44 mi (3.93 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1955 – present | |||
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| South end: |   LA 10 / US 61 south of St. Francisville |
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 LA 1263 in St. Francisville. The former route of LA 10, it dead ends at the Mississippi River. |
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| North end: | US 61 north of St. Francisville |
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→U.S. Highway 61 Business (US 61 Bus.), officially known as Louisiana Highway 3057 (LA 3057) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves West Feliciana Parish. It spans 2.44 miles (3.93 km) in a south to north direction. It is signed as both LA 3057 and US 61 Business, consisting of the old U.S. 61 route.
Route description
From the south, LA 3057/US 61 BUS begins at an intersection with U.S. 61 and LA 10, and heads north into downtown St. Francisville. It meets the old LA 10 alignment at a signaled intersection, which originally was paired with LA 3057/US 61 BUS for a short distance before turning to the east.
LA 3057/US 61 BUS continues north to its current terminus at US 61, just south of The Myrtles Plantation, a historic home famous for its many reported ghosts.
LA 3057/US 61 BUS is an undivided, two-lane highway for its entire length.
Major intersections
The entire highway is in West Feliciana Parish.
| Location | Mile | km | Destinations | Notes | ||||
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| St. Francisville | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 61 / LA 10 |
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| 1.04 | 1.67 | LA 1263 |
Old alignment of LA 10; is currently signed as LA 1258, not 1263 | |||||
| 1.42 | 2.29 | Jackson Street to US 61 / LA 10 | Old alignment of LA 10, is still signed as such | |||||
| 2.44 | 3.93 | US 61 |
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| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
