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Louisiana Highway 840-1
 Louisiana Highway 840-1 |
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| Location | West Monroe |
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| Length | 1.23 mi (1.98 km) |
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Louisiana Highway 840-1 (LA 840-1) spans 1.23 miles (1.98 km) from west to east and is known as Smith Street. It connects LA 3033 to LA 34. Before the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, LA 840-1 was signed as State Route 2185. It also served as the southern terminus of LA 617, signed as State Route 1607. The northern terminus of LA 617 has since been shifted north by two blocks.
Louisiana Highway 34 (LA 34) is a state highway located in central and northern Louisiana. It runs 86.12 miles (138.60 km) in a southwest to northeast direction from the junction of U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) and LA 1239-2 in Montgomery to a junction with the concurrent US 80/LA 15 in West Monroe.
In 1955, Louisiana passed a law that undertook a comprehensive revision to the state highway classification and numbering system. The new system designated roads by importance to travel patterns and rectified the previous numbering system under new unified designations.
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The entire highway is in West Monroe, Ouachita Parish.
Louisiana Highway 840-6
 Louisiana Highway 840-6 |
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| Location | Monroe |
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| Length | 3.93 mi (6.32 km) |
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Louisiana Highway 840-6 (LA 840-6) spans 3.93 miles (6.32 km) from south to north and is known as North 18th Street and Forsythe Avenue. From the west, LA 840-6 begins as a state highway at an intersection with US 80/US 165 Business in Monroe. It heads north as a four-lane highway. The roadway south of this intersection is signed as TO I-20, and is known as North 18th Street.
Interstate 20 (I‑20) is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. I‑20 runs 1,535 miles (2,470 km) beginning near Kent, Texas, at I-10 to Florence, South Carolina, at I-95. Between Texas and South Carolina, I‑20 runs through northern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The major cities that I-20 connects to includes Fort Worth, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Shreveport, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; Augusta, Georgia; and Columbia, South Carolina.
Heading north, LA 840-6 passes through many banks and restaurants. It turns to the right at an intersection with Forsythe Avenue, which picks up LA 840-6 and heads east. Forsythe Avenue has many upscale shops and restaurants and is one of the prized thoroughfares through Monroe.
After crossing Bayou DeSiard, Forsythe Avenue turns into Forsythe Bypass, carrying LA 840-6 to its eastern terminus at US 165.
Before the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, LA 840-6 was signed as State Route 1927; it followed along Forsythe Avenue, however, instead of Forsythe Extension.
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The entire highway is in Monroe, Ouachita Parish.
Deleted routes
Louisiana Highway 840-3
 Louisiana Highway 840-3 |
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| Location | West Monroe |
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| Length | 1.83 mi (2.95 km) |
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Louisiana Highway 840-3 (LA 840-3) was a state highway in West Monroe. It spanned 1.83 miles (2.95 km) from south to north and is currently known as North 7th Street. It connected LA 34 on its original routing along Natchitoches Street to US 80. LA 840-3 was removed when LA 34 was rerouted along its current path, and the piece north of LA 34 was designated as a southern extension of LA 143.
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The entire highway was in West Monroe, Ouachita Parish.
Louisiana Highway 840-4
 Louisiana Highway 840-4 |
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| Location | Monroe |
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| Length | 0.72 mi (1.16 km) |
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Louisiana Highway 840-4 (LA 840-4) was a state highway in Monroe. It spanned 0.72 miles (1.16 km) from south to north and is currently known as South Grand Street. It connected US 165 Business to Vernon Street, providing access to the Louisiana Institute for Boys and E.A. Conway Medical Center, which US 165 bypassed when it was rerouted along Jackson Street. LA 840-4 was removed sometime in the mid-1960s.
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The entire highway was in Monroe, Ouachita Parish.
Louisiana Highway 840-5
 Louisiana Highway 840-5 |
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| Location | Monroe |
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| Length | 0.74 mi (1.19 km) |
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Louisiana Highway 840-5 (LA 840-5) was a state highway in Monroe. It spanned 0.74 miles (1.19 km) from west to east and is currently known as Desiard Street. It connected downtown Monroe to US 165, but was eventually truncated before the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering to 26th Street. When LA 840-5 was created, it connected North 26th Street to US 165. It was deleted in 1957.
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The entire highway was in Monroe, Ouachita Parish.
U.S. Route 165 is a north–south United States highway spur of U.S. Highway 65. It currently runs for 412 miles (663 km) from U.S. Route 90 in Iowa, Louisiana north to U.S. Highway 70 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The route passes through the states of Arkansas and Louisiana. It passes through the cities of Monroe and Alexandria in Louisiana. A segment of US 165 serves as a routing of the Great River Road within Arkansas.
Louisiana Highway 2 (LA 2) is a state highway located in northern Louisiana. It runs 189.49 miles (304.95 km) in an east–west direction from the Texas state line southwest of Vivian to a junction with U.S. Highway 65 (US 65) near Lake Providence, just west of the Mississippi state line.
Louisiana Highway 4 (LA 4) is a state highway located in northern Louisiana. It runs 164.54 miles (264.80 km) in an east–west direction from U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) at Loggy Bayou to LA 605 in Newellton.
Louisiana Highway 15 (LA 15) is a state highway located in central and northern Louisiana. It runs 194.10 miles (312.37 km) in a north–south direction from the junction of LA 1 and LA 970 in Lettsworth to the concurrent U.S. Highways 63 and 167 in Lillie. The middle portion of the route, extending 56 miles (90 km) from Ferriday to just north of Mangham, is co-signed with US 425 and is a major four-lane highway through the area.
Louisiana Highway 139 (LA 139) is a state highway located in northeastern Louisiana. It runs 20.20 miles (32.51 km) in a north–south direction from U.S. Highway 80 (US 80) in Monroe to the junction of US 165, US 425, LA 2, and LA 593 in Bastrop.
Louisiana Highway 136 (LA 136) is a state highway located in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana that runs 3.50 miles (5.63 km) in a north–south direction from LA 134 at Fairbanks to a junction with U.S. Highway 165 (US 165) and LA 2 at the eastern limit of Sterlington.
Louisiana Highway 830 is a collection of six state highways which serve Bastrop in Morehouse Parish.
Louisiana Highway 116 (LA 116) is a state highway located in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It runs 8.39 miles (13.50 km) in an east–west direction from U.S. Highway 165 (US 165) in Pineville to LA 28 at a point east of Pineville.
Louisiana Highway 125 (LA 125) is a state highway located in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. It runs 12.51 miles (20.13 km) in a southwest to northeast direction from U.S. Highway 165 (US 165) in Tullos to a second junction with US 165 northeast of Olla.
Louisiana Highway 138 (LA 138) is a state highway located in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It runs 12.74 miles (20.50 km) in a north–south direction from LA 134 south of Collinston to a junction with U.S. Highway 165 (US 165), U.S. Highway 425 (US 425), and LA 2 in Mer Rouge.
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