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Interstate 110 (Louisiana)
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Interstate 110 is an 8.89 miles (14.3 km) spur route in Baton Rouge
, running from Interstate 10
in the city's downtown area north to U.S. Highway 61 and the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
in the northern part of the city. The freeway serves as the border between what is considered downtown Baton Rouge and mid-city Baton Rouge.
The first section completed was part of the Baton Rouge Expressway that included the notorious Governor's Mansion Curve and spanned from Florida Street
to Plank Road in the mid 1950s. The final section was completed in the 1980s when the interstate was extended from Harding Blvd. and the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport to Scenic Highway. It was officially named the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway by the Louisiana Legislature during the late 1990s.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
, running from Interstate 10
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 is the fourth-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90, I-80, and I-40. It is the southernmost east–west, coast-to-coast Interstate Highway, although I-4 and I-8 are further south. It stretches from the Pacific Ocean at State Route 1 in Santa Monica,...
in the city's downtown area north to U.S. Highway 61 and the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport , also known as Ryan Field, is a public use airport located four nautical miles north of the central business district of Baton Rouge, a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States....
in the northern part of the city. The freeway serves as the border between what is considered downtown Baton Rouge and mid-city Baton Rouge.
Route description
Interstate 110 consists of several outdated features such as ramps that exit on the left side of the roadway.History
U.S. Route 190
U.S. Route 190, also known as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, is an east–west United States highway in Louisiana and Texas. It evolved from the shortest of intrastate routes in 1926 to a length comparable to a main Interstate Highway route, leading from the swamps and pine forests of...
to Plank Road in the mid 1950s. The final section was completed in the 1980s when the interstate was extended from Harding Blvd. and the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport to Scenic Highway. It was officially named the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Expressway by the Louisiana Legislature during the late 1990s.