Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway
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Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway | |
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 Proposed Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway corridor highlighted in red | |
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| History | Planned 1964–1969 |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
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The Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway was a controversial, mostly-elevated, never-built
New Orleans, Louisiana
. From 1964 to 1969, it was also designated Interstate 310 (I-310).
Route description
The freeway would have split from
Louisiana Highway 3139
).
A small piece of the freeway was built as a six-lane, 690-by-98-foot-long-and-wide (210 m × 30 m)
Harrah's New Orleans Casino. It is now used for valet parking.[1]
History
The Louisiana Highway Department (predecessor to the
Monroe was removed from the Interstate System and the mileage transferred to the Riverfront Expressway project.[3] It was officially added to the Interstate Highway System on October 13, 1964, as I-310.[3]
After wide local opposition, the freeway was removed from the Interstate System on August 22, 1969.I-410—which was itself never completed.
See also
- Earhart Expressway
- Freeway and expressway revolts
References
- ^ "New Orleans @ SouthEastRoads". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Interstate 310". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ a b Weingroff, Richard (7 April 2011). "The Second Battle of New Orleans: Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway (I-310)". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ Souther, J. Mark. "New Orleans on Parade: Tourism and the Transformation of the Crescent City." Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2013. pp. 66-71.
Further reading
- Baumbach, Richard O.; Borah, William E. (2019) [First published 1981]. The Second Battle of New Orleans: A History of the Vieux Carré Riverfront Expressway Controversy. ISBN 9781946160577.
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