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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 252
BY REPRESENTATIVE DOERGE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HIGHWAYS: Changes names and routes of certain byways
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 56:1948.5(52) and (53), relative to Louisiana Byways2
designations; to delete the Bienville Trace I and Bienville Trace II byway3
designations; to designate a section of certain highways as the Boom or Bust Byway;4
to designate a section of certain highways as the Dixie Overland Byway; and to5
provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 56:1948.5(52) and (53) are hereby amended and reenacted to read8
as follows: 9
ยง1948.5. Louisiana Byways designations10
The following highways and sections of highways are hereby designated as11
Louisiana Byways:12
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(52) Bienville Trace I Boom or Bust Byway:14
(a) LA 2 from Union and Claiborne Parish line in the west to US 65 in the15
east, this route being called the Bienville Trace A loop anchors the western end from16
LA 1 at its intersection with LA 173, thence along LA 173 to LA 3049 to Gilliam,17
thence from Gilliam to LA 2 on U.S. 71, thence along LA 2 to rejoin LA 1.18 HLS 11RS-514 ORIGINAL
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(b) US 80 from the Ouachita and Lincoln Parish line in the west to the state1
of Mississippi in the east An eastern loop is between Lisbon and Aycock on LA 518,2
between Aycock and Homer on LA 146, on LA 79 from Homer to LA 2.3
(c) LA 4 from Jackson and Bienville Parish line in the west to its junction4
with LA 559, continuing on LA 559 to Enterprise in the east.5
(d) LA 34 from the Endom Bridge in Monroe in the north to LA 557, from6
LA 557 to LA 4 at Vixen, from LA 4 at Vixen to LA 849, from LA 849 to LA 1267
at Holum with an extension to Copenhagen Historic Site, from LA 126 at Holum to8
the Caldwell and LaSalle Parish line in the south.9
(e) LA 137 from the north boundary of the Rayville town limits to LA 135,10
from LA 135 to LA 618, from LA 618 to LA 4 Winnsboro, from LA 4 Winnsboro11
to LA 128, from LA 128 to LA 605 at Saint Joseph, from LA 605 to the state of12
Mississippi line in the south.13
(f) LA 134 starting at LA 65 in the north to LA 17 at Epps with an extension14
to the Poverty Point State Historic Site on LA 577, from LA 17 at Epps to the I-2015
at Delhi in the south.16
(g) LA 142 from the state of Arkansas line in the north to LA 593, from LA17
593 to Collinston, from Collinston to LA 138, from LA 138 to LA 554 at Perryville18
in the south.19
(h) US 65 from the state of Arkansas line in the north to LA 605, then on LA20
605 to LA 604, then LA 604 to LA 128, then LA 128 to US 65 and continuing south21
on US 65 to the Mississippi state line.22
(53) Bienville Trace II The Dixie Overland Byway:23
(a) LA 2 from the Texas line to the Claiborne Parish/Union Parish line this24
section to be named the Bienville Trace.25
(b) LA 1 from Arkansas line south to I-220.26
(c) LA 3 from Arkansas line south to I-220.27
(d) LA 159 from Arkansas line south to I-20.28 HLS 11RS-514 ORIGINAL
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(e) LA 9 from Arkansas line south to I-20. U.S. 80 at its intersection with1
U.S.167 south in Ruston, to the U.S. 80/I-20 interchange in eastern Madison Parish2
near Monroe, continuing east on I-20 to the Louisiana-Mississippi state border on the3
Mississippi River.4
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Doerge HB No. 252
Designates the Boom or Bust Byway as a La. Byway, indicating certain highways on this
route inclusive of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, and Claiborne parishes. Designates the Dixie
Overland Byway as a La. Byway, indicating certain highways on this route exclusive of
Lincoln, Ouachita, Richland, and Madison parishes.
(Amends R.S. 56:1948.5(52) and (53))