Louisiana Highway 5 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...

. It spans 29.66 miles (47.7 km), serving De Soto Parish.

Route description

LA 5 begins in Logansport at an intersection with U.S. Route 84

U.S. Route 84

U.S. Route 84 is an east–west United States highway. It started as a short Georgia-Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme, but now extends all the way to Colorado. The highway's eastern terminus is a short distance east of Midway, Georgia, at an intersection with I-95. The road continues...

. LA 5 runs north-northeast through Longstreet before turning eastward at Keatchie. LA 5 intersects U.S. Route 171

U.S. Route 171

U.S. Highway 171 is a north–south United States highway. This short-route 179-mile highway, entirely within western Louisiana, has remained largely unchanged from its original 1926 route....

 just east of Keatchie and continues eastward. After intersecting Louisiana Highway 175, LA 5 ends at the KCS railroad and becomes Mount Zion Road less than a mile west of Interstate 49

Interstate 49

Interstate 49 is currently an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana in the southern United States. Its southern terminus is in Lafayette, Louisiana, at Interstate 10 while its northern terminus is in Shreveport, Louisiana, at Interstate 20.-Route...

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