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In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 140 was part of three consecutively numbered routes: State Route C-1484, State Route C-1485, and State Route C-1486. [7] All three were designated during the early 1930s by the state highway department. [8] [9] Route C-1484 followed the current route of LA 140 from the western terminus at Log Cabin to the present junction with LA 591, where it turned northward and headed to the Arkansas state line. Route C-1485 picked up the route to the present junction with LA 833, where it continued ahead to the northeast toward Jones.
The remainder of the modern LA 140 from LA 833 to US 165 at Bonita was originally designated as State Route C-1486. [7] Like the previous two routes, it was created in the early 1930s by the state highway department. [8] [9] (State highways in the pre-1955 system ceased to be designated by acts of the state legislature after 1930 and began to carry a "C-" prefix.) All three routes remained the same up to the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering. [7] [9]
LA 140 was created in the 1955 renumbering from the above described parts of former State Routes C-1484 and C-1485 as well as the entirety of former State Route C-1486. [10]
La 140—From a junction with La 139 at or near Log Cabin through or near Twin Oaks to a junction with La-US 165 at or near Bonita.
— 1955 legislative route description [10]
The route has remained the same to the present day. [3] [5] [11] However, the western terminus at Log Cabin was originally a junction with LA 139. [11] US 425 was established in 1989 following the existing route of LA 139 from the Arkansas state line south to Bastrop. [12] [13] [14] The designation of LA 139 was then replaced by US 425, which became the new western terminus of LA 140. [15] In addition, LA 140 has been slightly realigned at its western terminus to intersect US 425 at a right-angle. [2] This was done in conjunction with a project completed in April 2012 that widened US 425 to four lanes north of Bastrop. [16]
The entire highway is in Morehouse Parish.
Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Log Cabin | 0.000 | 0.000 | Western terminus | ||
Twin Oaks | 6.677 | 10.746 | Southern terminus of LA 591 | ||
| 8.734 | 14.056 | Western terminus of LA 599 | ||
| 12.243 | 19.703 | Southern terminus of LA 833 | ||
Bonita | 14.758 | 23.751 | Eastern terminus of LA 140 and LA 599 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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