LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 46

'Louisiana Highway 46' ('LA 46') is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes. It spans 29.19 miles in a west to east direction. In New Orleans, it is commonly referred to as Elysian Fields Avenue and St. Claude Avenue. In St. Bernard Parish, it is known as St. Bernard Highway, Bayou Road, East Judge Perez Drive, Florissant Highway, and Yscloskey Highway.

Contents

Directional Bannering

Route description

Capacity

Junction List

References

Directional Bannering

'West/East'

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. At the Orleans Parish/St. Bernard Parish line, LA 46 becomes St. Bernard Highway. Serving as the southernmost west-east thoroughfare of the parish, it eventually intersects LA 47 (Paris Road) in Chalmette. Continuing eastward, the highway eventually meets
LA 39 again at Bayou Road and overlaps it for about two miles near the eastern end of East Judge Perez Drive. At that point, LA 46 turns east again heads toward Reggio and LA 300. From there, LA 46 connects to the towns of Yscloskey, Shell Beach, and Hopedale (via LA 624). The highway finally ends at a dead end at the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal.

Capacity

Divided/four lanes from LA 39/LA 3021/North Claiborne Avenue to LA 47/Paris Road

Undivided/two lanes from LA 47/Paris Road to the westernmost interection of with LA 300/Bayou Road

Divided/four lanes from the westernmost interection of with LA 300/Bayou Road to the easternmost intersection with LA 300/Bayou Road

Undivided/two lanes from the easternmost intersection with LA 300/Bayou Road to the eastern terminus at Shell Beach

Junction List

Parish	Location	Mile	Junction	Notes
Orleans	New Orleans	Western terminus of LA 46
		0.00	LA 39 (North Claiborne Avenue) LA 3021 (Elysian Fields Avenue)	Southern terminus of LA 3021
St. Bernard	Chalmette		LA 47 (Paris Road)	Southern terminus of LA 47 Just north of the Chalmette Ferry landing
			LA 3238 (Palmisano Boulevard)	Southern terminus of LA 3228
	Poydras		LA 39 (St. Bernard Parkway to the south) (Bayou Road to the east)	LA 39 departs to the south
		Begin concurrency
	Sebastopol		LA 300 (Bayou Road)	LA 46 and LA 39 turn north onto East Judge Perez Drive Northern terminus of LA 300
			LA 39 (East Judge Perez Drive)	LA 39 departs to the north
		End concurrency
	Reggio		LA 300 (Bayou Road to the west) (Delacroix Highway to the south)
	Yscloskey		LA 625 (Maple Street)	Western terminus of LA 625
			LA 624 (Hopedale Highway)	Western terminus of LA 624
	Shell Beach	29.19	Dead end at the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal
		Eastern terminus of LA 46

References

★ Louisiana State Highway Log

★ Map of Metro New Orleans Highways