I-210 Calcasieu High Bridge, Lake Charles, LA
Julia Street Underneath I-10 East. In Old South Baton Rouge, the interchange of I-10 & 1-12 was built on top of a segregated black neighborhood. The interstate destroyed over 400 homes and businesses, including a brand-new school. Today the neighborhood struggles with blight.
I-20 Over the Ouachita River, Monroe, LA. Flood markers sit behind the levee wall underneath the I-20 bridge over the Ouachita River in Monroe, LA.
1-20 & 1-49 Interchange from Allendale, Shreveport, LA. Allendale Strong, a community group in Shreveport, Louisiana is currently working to prevent a 1-49 highway extension that is proposed to be built directly through this predominantly black and low income neighborhood.
Public Roads Administration - Federal Works Agency (predecessor to the United States Department of Transportation)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Public Roads Administration - Federal Works Agency (predecessor to the United States Department of Transportation)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Public Roads Administration - Federal Works Agency (predecessor to the United States Department of Transportation)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Public Roads Administration - Federal Works Agency (predecessor to the United States Department of Transportation)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons