Louisiana Highway 36 is a state highway

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 St. Tammany Parish. It spans 19.05 miles (30.7 km) and is bannered east/west.

Route description

From the west, LA 36 begins at an intersection with Louisiana Highway 21

Louisiana Highway 21

Louisiana Highway 21 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany and Washington Parishes. It spans and is bannered north/south.-Route description:...

 in Covington and heads east. It enters a brief overlap with Louisiana Highway 59

Louisiana Highway 59

Louisiana Highway 59 is a north–south state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany Parish. It spans in a south to north direction...

 in Abita Springs for approximately a quarter of a mile. It absorbs LA 435 and then heads east, terminating at Louisiana Highway 41 in Hickory.

In 2008 the stop signs for the intersections in Abita Springs center were eliminated as all the intersections were amalgamated into a roundabout

Roundabout

A roundabout is the name for a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a central island. The word dates from the early 20th century. Roundabouts are common in many countries around the world...

, ensuring a smoother flow of traffic as left turns ceased to exist.

Louisiana 36 is an undivided two-lane highway for its entire length.

History

The original 1955 route of LA 36 originally went as far west as Hammond, using what is now Business US 190 through Covington, then what is now US 190 between Business 190 and US 51 west to Hammond. It was truncated to LA 21 when US 190 was moved to its current routing between US 51 and Business 190, and when what is now Business 190 became US 190.

Junction list

Parish	Location	Mile	Junction	Notes
St. Tammany St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana St. Tammany Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The parish seat is Covington....	Covington Covington, Louisiana Covington is a city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,483 at the 2000 census. It is located at a fork of the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte River....	Western terminus of LA 36
		0.00	LA 21 Louisiana Highway 21 Louisiana Highway 21 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany and Washington Parishes. It spans and is bannered north/south.-Route description:...  (Military Road)
	Abita Springs Abita Springs, Louisiana Abita Springs is a town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The estimated population, in 2003, was 2,112. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...		LA 59 Louisiana Highway 59 Louisiana Highway 59 is a north–south state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany Parish. It spans in a south to north direction...  (Range Line Road)	LA 59 departs to the north
		Begin concurrency
			LA 435 Louisiana Highway 435 Louisiana Highway 435 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany. It spans in a west to east direction. It is known locally throughout its run as Level Street, Talisheek Highway, and Boyd Davis Road.-Route description:...  (Main Street)	Western terminus of LA 435
			LA 59 Louisiana Highway 59 Louisiana Highway 59 is a north–south state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany Parish. It spans in a south to north direction...  (Level Street)	LA 59 departs to the south
		End concurrency
	Unincorporated		LA 1088 Louisiana Highway 1088 Louisiana Highway 1088 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany Parish. It spans and runs from southwest to northeast.-Route description:...	Eastern terminus of LA 1088
	St. Tammany Corner		LA 434 Louisiana Highway 434 Louisiana Highway 434 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany Parish. It spans in a south to north direction. South of US 190, it is known as Lake Road.-Route description:...	Northern terminus of LA 434
	Hickory	19.05	LA 41
		Eastern terminus of LA 36