Louisiana Highway 46

Louisiana Highway 46 (LA 46) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes. It runs a west to east direction for a total length of 29.5 miles (47.5 km). It is demarcated as Elysian Fields Avenue and St. Claude Avenue in the city of New Orleans and as St. Bernard Highway, Bayou Road, East Judge Perez Drive, Florissant Highway and Yscloskey Highway in St. Bernard Parish. The highway is recognized by the United States Department of Transportation as San Bernardo Scenic Byway.

Louisiana Highway 46
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length29.5 mi (47.5 km)
Existed1955 renumbering–present
Major junctions
West end LA 39 / LA 3021 in New Orleans
East endDead end at Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal in Shell Beach
Location
ParishesOrleans, St. Bernard
Highway system
  • Louisiana Highway System
← LA 45LA 47 →

Route description

In New Orleans, LA 46 begins as Elysian Fields Avenue at an intersection with LA 39 (North Claiborne Avenue) and LA 3021 (Elysian Fields Avenue). After heading south five blocks, LA 46 turns onto St. Claude Avenue and heads east. It crosses the Industrial Canal via the St. Claude Avenue Bridge and runs through the city's Lower 9th Ward, continuing to parallel to the Mississippi River. Approximately one-half mile east of the Orleans-St. Bernard Parish line, LA 46 becomes St. Bernard Highway. Serving as the southernmost west–east thoroughfare of the parish, it intersects LA 47 (Paris Road) and LA 3238 (Palmisano Boulevard) in Chalmette. Continuing eastward, the highway again meets LA 39 at Bayou Road and runs concurrently for two miles (3 km) near the end of East Judge Perez Drive, at which point LA 46 turns east through the community of Reggio and LA 300. From there, LA 46 connects to the towns of Yscloskey (via LA 625), Shell Beach, and Hopedale (via LA 624) before ending at a dead end with the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal.

LA 46 is a divided, four-lane highway from LA 39/LA 3021/North Claiborne Avenue to LA 47/Paris Road, where it narrows to an undivided, two-lane highway from LA 47/Paris Road to the westernmost intersection of with LA 300/Bayou Road. The route again widens to four lanes and becomes a divided highway from the westernmost intersection of with LA 300/Bayou Road to the easternmost intersection with LA 300/Bayou Road before narrowing again to an undivided, two-lane roadway from the easternmost intersection with LA 300/Bayou Road to the eastern terminus at Shell Beach.

Major intersections
ParishLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
OrleansNew Orleans0.00.0 LA 39 (North Claiborne Avenue)
LA 3021 north (Elysian Fields Avenue)		Western terminus;
Southern terminus of LA 3021
2.03.2St. Claude Avenue Bridge over Industrial Canal
St. BernardChalmette6.410.3 LA 47 north (Paris Road)Southern terminus of LA 47;
Chalmette Ferry landing to the south
7.111.4 LA 3228 (Palmisano Boulevard)Southern terminus of LA 3228;
Unsigned junction
Poydras13.822.2 LA 39 south (St. Bernard Parkway)West end of LA 39 concurrency
Sebastopol15.024.1 LA 300 (Bayou Road) – DelacroixNorthwestern terminus of LA 300
​15.424.8 LA 39 north (East Judge Perez Drive) – ChalmetteEast end of LA 39 concurrency
Toca17.728.5 LA 1245 southNorthern terminus of LA 1245
Reggio23.437.7 LA 300 (Florissant Highway / Delacroix Highway)
Alluvial City27.644.4 LA 625 (Maple Street)Western terminus of LA 625;
Unsigned junction
Yscloskey28.145.2Bridge over Bayou La Loutre
28.145.2 LA 624 (Hopedale Highway) – HopedaleWestern terminus of LA 624
Shell Beach29.547.5Dead end at Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet CanalEastern terminus
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