Louisiana Highway 27

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Louisiana Highway 27 marker

Louisiana Highway 27

Route of LA 27 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length132.424 mi[1] (213.116 km)
Existed1955 renumbering–present
Tourist
routes
Major junctions
Southeast end LA 14 in Holmwood
Major intersections
Northwest end
US 190 in DeRidder
Location
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishesCalcasieu, Cameron, Beauregard
Highway system
  • Louisiana State Highway System
← LA 26→ LA 28

Louisiana Highway 27 (LA 27) is a

190 in DeRidder
.

The route travels in a mirror-image of the letter "J" as it loops through the wetlands surrounding Calcasieu Lake and passes through Cameron, a small community situated on the Gulf of Mexico. It then extends northward through Sulphur en route to its terminus in DeRidder.

LA 27 essentially functions as two north–south roadways connecting the sparsely populated Cameron Parish to the Lake Charles metropolitan area and is signed accordingly. The north–south directional banners are reversed at the Cameron Ferry, a toll ferry the crosses the Calcasieu Ship Channel.

Route description

LA 27 begins at a junction with LA 14 in Holmwood, a point in Calcasieu Parish. It heads due south and, after 11 miles (18 km), provides access to the 9,621-acre (38.93 km2) Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge.[2] Reaching a cross-roads at Creole, LA 27 turns west concurrent with LA 82, the only other major highway through Cameron Parish.[3][4]

LA 27 and LA 82 parallel the coastline of the

LA 1256 continues straight ahead across I-10 and into Downtown Sulphur. LA 27 zigzags onto the parallel Beglis Parkway through a neighboring interchange with I-10, passing just east of the center of town.[3][4]

Continuing northward, LA 27 passes through the small city of

US 190. From this junction, connections are made to such cities as Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport, as well as Fort Johnson in Leesville.[3][4]

Byway and memorial designations

The entirety of LA 27 from Holmwood to

Creole Nature Trail, a National Scenic Byway and All-American Road.[5]

In 2003, the portion of LA 27 from Sulphur to DeQuincy was designated as the Horace Lynn Jones Memorial Highway by the state legislature.[6]

History

In the

State Route 42 and the entirety of State Route 104.[7] Both were designated by the state legislature during the 1920s.[8] In this system, the two highways running northward from Cameron on either side of Calcasieu Lake had different numbers. The westerly route from Cameron through Sulphur to DeRidder was Route 104, while the easterly route through Creole toward Lake Charles was the southern leg of Route 42, a much longer route that was co-signed with US 171 as far as Mansfield
.

When the

Louisiana Department of Highways renumbered the state highway system in 1955, lengthy concurrencies between U.S. and state routes were eliminated. Route 104 became LA 27, and the independent portion of former Route 42 southeast of Lake Charles was largely included in that designation, connected via a concurrency with LA 82 through Cameron.[9]

Class "A": La 27—From the east bank of Calcasieu Pass at or near Cameron through or near Hackberry, Sulphur and DeQuincy to a junction with La-US 190 at or near DeRidder. Class "B": La 27—From a junction with La 14 at or near Holmwood through or near Creole to the east bank of Calcasieu Pass at or near Cameron. Class "C": La 27—From a junction with La 14 at or near Chalkley through or near Chloe and Iowa to a junction with La 101 at or near Lacasine[sic].

— 1955 legislative route description[9]

As its official route description indicates, north of Holmwood, LA 27 also originally included a string of minor roads running north to Chloe, then east along what is now the I-10 service road through Iowa to LA 101 at Lacassine.[10][11] By the 1970s, this mileage was largely eliminated.[12] The only other realignment in LA 27 shifted the route onto a streamlined path through Sulphur in 1993. The original route initially became LA 27 Bus. but has since been renumbered to LA 1256 and partially eliminated from the state highway system.

Major intersections

Note: The route is entirely signed north–south. The directional banners are reversed at the Cameron Ferry.

ParishLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
CalcasieuHolmwood0.0000.000 LA 14 – Lake Charles, Lake ArthurSoutheastern terminus
​4.0266.479
LA 397
north		Southern terminus of LA 397
LA 384 west – Sweet Lake, Grand Lake
Northern end of LA 384 concurrency
8.85514.251
LA 384
east		Southern end of LA 384 concurrency
Gibbstown13.311–
14.135		21.422–
22.748		Conway LeBleu Memorial Bridge over Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
LA 1143
east (East Creole Highway)		Eastern end of LA 82 concurrency; western terminus of LA 1143
LA 1142
south (Beach Road)		Northern terminus of LA 1142
36.91659.411
LA 1141
Northern terminus of LA 1141 (not signed)
37.99661.149Cameron Ferry across Calcasieu Ship Channel (tolled);
0.302-mile (0.486 km) ferry route not counted in official mileage
Holly Beach46.925–
46.979		75.518–
75.605
 LA 82 west (Gulf Beach Highway) – Johnson Bayou, Port Arthur		Western end of LA 82 concurrency
LA 390
(West Main Street)		Eastern terminus of LA 390
67.288–
67.364		108.290–
108.412		Bridge over Black Lake Bayou
Calcasieu​71.406–
71.966		114.917–
115.818		Ellender Bridge over Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
​73.835–
74.115		118.826–
119.277		Bridge over Choupique Bayou
LA 1133
north		Southern end of LA 108 concurrency; southern terminus of LA 1133
80.396129.385
I-10 – Sulphur
Southern terminus of LA 1256
81.443–
81.453		131.070–
131.086
 LA 108 east		Northern end of LA 108 concurrency
I-10 – Lake Charles, Beaumont
Exit 21 on I-10
85.115136.979 US 90 (East Napoleon Street) – Westlake, Edgerly
​88.588142.569
LA 379 (Houston River Road) – Westlake, Edgerly
Western terminus of LA 379
DeQuincy101.613163.530
 LA 12 east (East Fourth Street) – Ragley		Southern end of LA 12 concurrency
101.801163.833
 LA 12 west (East Fourth Street) – Starks		Northern end of LA 12 concurrency
BeauregardJuanita113.684182.957
 LA 109 south – Fields		Northern terminus of LA 109
LA 110 east – Longville
Southern end of LA 110 concurrency
116.355187.255
LA 110 west – Merryville
Northern end of LA 110 concurrency
US 171 north (North Pine Street) – Fort Johnson, Shreveport
Northwestern terminus; one-way pair; to Beauregard Regional Airport
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business route

Business plate.svg

Louisiana Highway 27 Business marker

Louisiana Highway 27 Business

LocationSulphur
Length4.7 mi[13] (7.6 km)
Existed1993–2003

Louisiana Highway 27 Business (LA 27 Bus.) ran 4.7 miles (7.6 km) in a north–south direction from the junction of LA 27 and

LA 1256
in 2003, and since then, has been partially returned to local control.

The entire highway is in Calcasieu Parish.

Locationmi[13]kmDestinationsNotes
Carlyss0.00.0 LA 27 / LA 108 – CameronSouthern terminus
I-10 – Lake Charles, Beaumont
Exit 20 on I-10
3.76.0
 US 90 west (Napoleon Street)		Southern end of US 90 concurrency
4.77.6
 US 90 east (East Napoleon Street)
LA 27 (Maple Street, Lewis Street) – DeQuincy, Cameron		Northern terminus; northern end of US 90 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Highway Inventory Unit (2016). "LRS Conversion Tool". Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge". fws.gov. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Google (February 26, 2018). "Overview Map of LA 27" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (July 2012). District 07: Official Control Section Map, Construction and Maintenance (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  5. ^ "Creole Nature Trail All-American Road". Louisiana Scenic Byways. 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  6. ^ Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Multimodal Planning (December 2015). Louisiana Memorial Highways (PDF) (Map). Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  7. Louisiana Department of Highways
    (July 1, 1955). Louisiana Highways: Interim Road Map (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Highways.
  8. ^ "Act No. 294, House Bill No. 791". State-Times. Baton Rouge. July 31, 1928. p. 3.
  9. ^ a b "Act No. 40, House Bill No. 311". State-Times. Baton Rouge. June 18, 1955. pp. 3B–7B.
  10. ^ Louisiana Department of Highways, Traffic and Planning Section (1950). Calcasieu Parish (East Section) (Map) (January 1, 1958 ed.). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Highways.
  11. ^ Louisiana Department of Highways, Traffic and Planning Section (1954). Jefferson Davis Parish (Map) (January 1, 1958 ed.). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Highways.
  12. ^ Louisiana Department of Highways (1975). Louisiana 1975 (Map). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Highways.
  13. ^ a b c Google (February 26, 2018). "Overview Map of LA 27 Business" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 26, 2018.

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