Louisiana Highway 78 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 north/south for 7.6 miles (12.2 km) through Pointe Coupee Parish

Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Pointe Coupee Parish, pronounced "Pwent Koo-Pay" and , is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is New Roads. As of 2000, the population was 22,763....

. It is part of the main route take by those traveling between Livonia

Livonia, Louisiana

Livonia is a town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,339 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is home to Livonia High School. The town's zip code is 70755...

 and New Roads

New Roads, Louisiana

New Roads is a city in and the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. The center of population of Louisiana is located in New Roads . The population was 4,996 at the 2000 census. The city's ZIP code is 70760...

. The portion of the road between Frisco, Louisiana

Frisco, Louisiana

Frisco is an unincorporated community located in southern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.-History:The area was once known as Friscoville. The town received its name from the Frisco Gulf Coast Lines' New Orleans-Houston rail line that was built nearby in 1904...

 and Louisiana Highway 1

Louisiana 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...

 is known locally as Parlange Lane.

Route description

LA 78 starts at the junction of US 190 and Louisiana Highway 411

Louisiana Highway 411

Louisiana Highway 411 is a north–south state highway in Louisiana.-Route description:LA 411 begins at the intersection of Louisiana Highway 76 in Rosedale, running north on the eastern banks of a Mississippi River canal runoff, with LA 77 running on the west side of the canal. Six miles...

 in Livonia

Livonia

Livonia is a historic region along the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. It was once the land of the Finnic Livonians inhabiting the principal ancient Livonian County Metsepole with its center at Turaida...

 and heads north. It continues northward out of Livonia near milepost 1.7. It intersects Louisiana Highway 979

Louisiana Highway 979

Louisiana Highway 979 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Pointe Coupee Parish. It spans . Although the roadway runs geographically in a west/east direction, it is considered to be a north/south roadway due to it being an odd-numbered highway.-Route description:LA 979 begins at an...

 just north of the Frisco Bridge near milepost 3.0. The road turns left (north) and goes through agricultural areas before ending at LA 1 and False River

False River (Louisiana)

False River is an oxbow lake located in southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana centered at This lake was once the main channel of the Mississippi River in this area...

, near Parlange Plantation

Parlange plantation house

The Parlange Plantation, built about 1750 in southeastern Louisiana, is a classic example of a large French Colonial plantation house in the United States. Exemplifying the style of the semitropical Louisiana country house, the Parlange Plantation House is a two-story raised cottage. The main...

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Major junctions