Louisiana Highway 39

Louisiana Highway 39
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length:	54.3 mi (87.4 km)
Existed:	1955 renumbering – present
Major junctions
South end:	Parish Route 15 near Pointe à la Hache
	LA 46 in Poydras LA 300 in Sebastopol LA 47 in Chalmette
North end:	I-10 in New Orleans
Location
Parishes:	Plaquemines, St. Bernard, Orleans
Highway system
Louisiana Highway System Interstate US State ← LA 38 LA 40 →

Louisiana Highway 39 (LA 39) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes. In New Orleans, LA 39 is referred to as North Claiborne Avenue, while in St. Bernard Parish, it is known as Judge Perez Drive. It spans 54.08 miles (87.03 km) and is bannered north/south.

Route description

From the north, LA 39 begins at an exit ramp from Interstate 10 onto North Claiborne Avenue. In New Orleans, Highway 39 is a four lane, divided road that runs through the city's 9th Ward. LA 39 crosses over the Industrial Canal via the Claiborne Avenue Bridge and enters the Lower 9th Ward, where it becomes the neighborhood's primary road. At the parish line, LA 39 becomes West Judge Perez Drive and passes through the towns of Arabi, Chalmette, Meraux and Violet. When LA 39 intersects with LA 47, it becomes East Judge Perez Drive. After exiting Meraux, LA 39 continues parallel to the Mississippi River and shortly merges with LA 46 near Poydras. At the two highways' merging, LA 39 becomes a two lane, undivided road. It runs due west and then southward along the east bank of the Mississippi River into Plaquemines Parish and passes through Pointe à la Hache before reaching a dead end at the Bohemia Spillway Levee.

History

Early Louisiana maps show that the road continued beyond its current southern terminus to Fort St. Philip, yet it is unsure if this road were built and of what quality. Between Braithewaite and Scarsdale, LA 39 bypassed English Turn, and the original route is now LA 3137.

Major intersections

Parish	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Plaquemines	Bohemia	0.0	0.0	Parish Road 15	Southern terminus
	Scarsdale	31.3	50.4	LA 3137 (English Turn Road)	Southern terminus of LA 3137; Unsigned junction
	Braithwaite	34.0	54.7	LA 3137 (English Turn Road)	Northern terminus of LA 3137
St. Bernard	Poydras	37.8	60.8	LA 46 west (East St. Bernard Highway) – Chalmette	South end of LA 46 concurrency
	Sebastopol	39.0	62.8	LA 300 (Bayou Road) – Delacroix	Western terminus of LA 300
	​	39.4	63.4	LA 46 east – Shell Beach	North end of LA 46 concurrency
	Violet	41.9	67.4	Bridge over Lake Borgne Canal
	Chalmette	46.8	75.3	LA 3238 (Palmisano Boulevard)	Northern terminus of LA 3238; Unsigned junction
		47.6	76.6	LA 47 north (Paris Road)
Orleans	New Orleans	51.8	83.4	Claiborne Avenue Bridge over Industrial Canal
		53.1	85.5	Norfolk Southern Railway overpass
		53.8	86.6	LA 46 east / LA 3021 north (Elysian Fields Avenue)	Western terminus of LA 46; Southern terminus of LA 3021
		54.3	87.4	I-10 – New Orleans, Slidell St. Bernard Avenue	Northern terminus; Interchange; Exit 236 B-C (I-10); Partially unsigned junction
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• La DOTD State, District, and Parish Maps
  • District 02
  • Plaquemines Parish (Northwest Section)
  • St. Bernard Parish (West Section)
  • Orleans Parish