Louisiana Highway 105
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Louisiana Highway 105 is a state highway
in Louisiana
that serves Avoyelles Parish and Saint Landry Parish. It spans north/south for 38.85 miles (62.5 km). It is also known as the West Atchafalaya Levee Road as it parallels the west levee of the Atchafalaya River for its entire length.
and heads due south into Saint Landry Parish towards Melville. In Melville, LA 105 turns to the west for a short distance and turns south to its junction with LA 10
towards Krotz Springs. South of Krotz Springs, LA 105 continues for 3.3 miles to its intersection with Parish Road 4-20-1. From this point south through its intersection with Interstate 10
, it is known as West Atchafalaya River Road, but is not maintained by Louisiana DOTD.
The final scenes of the movie Easy Rider
were filmed just north of Krotz Springs.
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...
in Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
that serves Avoyelles Parish and Saint Landry Parish. It spans north/south for 38.85 miles (62.5 km). It is also known as the West Atchafalaya Levee Road as it parallels the west levee of the Atchafalaya River for its entire length.
Route description
LA 105 begins in Simmesport at its intersection with LA 1Louisiana Highway 1
Louisiana Highway 1 is a state highway in Louisiana. At 436.20 miles , it is the longest numbered highway of any class in Louisiana. It runs diagonally across the state, connecting the oil and gas fields near the island of Grand Isle with the northwest corner of the state, north of Shreveport.The...
and heads due south into Saint Landry Parish towards Melville. In Melville, LA 105 turns to the west for a short distance and turns south to its junction with LA 10
Louisiana Highway 10
Louisiana Highway 10 is a state highway in south-central Louisiana. It runs from west to east for . The western terminus is at the intersection of U.S. Route 171 in Pickering, Louisiana in Vernon Parish near Fort Polk and the eastern terminus is in Bogalusa at Pearl River and the Louisiana line...
towards Krotz Springs. South of Krotz Springs, LA 105 continues for 3.3 miles to its intersection with Parish Road 4-20-1. From this point south through its intersection with Interstate 10
Interstate 10 in Louisiana
Interstate 10, a major transcontinental Interstate Highway in the Southern U.S., runs across the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It passes through Lake Charles, Lafayette and Baton Rouge before dipping south of Lake Pontchartrain to serve the New Orleans area and then passing through...
, it is known as West Atchafalaya River Road, but is not maintained by Louisiana DOTD.
The final scenes of the movie Easy Rider
Easy Rider
Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...
were filmed just north of Krotz Springs.