Everything about Interstate 310 totally explained
Interstate 310 (abbreviated
I-310) is a short
spur route of
Interstate 10 near
New Orleans, Louisiana,
United States. It runs south from Interstate 10 near the
New Orleans International Airport, intersects with
U.S. Highway 61 and ends at the junction with
U.S. Highway 90.
Interstate 310 crosses the
Mississippi River via the
Luling Bridge (Hale Boggs Memorial Bridge), a
cable-stayed bridge connecting the towns of
Luling and
Destrehan. The bridge was completed in 1983, long before the rest of the freeway was built. The southernmost mile was originally built as part of
Louisiana Highway 3127, an inland bypass to
Louisiana Highway 18.
The final stretch of this highway, a two-mile bridge over environmentally sensitive wetlands between the U.S. 61 interchange and the I-10 interchange, was completed on
May 7,
1992. This section of the highway was constructed using a method known as "end-on construction". This is a top-down technique in which construction platforms are mounted on concrete piles to avoid disrupting the environment below. From these platforms, the next set of piles and bridge viaducts are placed, allowing the platform to progress forward for the next set.
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Interstate 310 was originally planned, along with
Interstate 510, as part of
Interstate 410, a southern beltway around the New Orleans metro area. With discussions of extending I-510 across the Mississippi River, there's speculation of reviving the idea of a connection between I-310 and I-510.
Future
Future plans for I-310 are to relocate the southern end of the interstate to connect with the future extension of
Interstate 49 from
Lafayette to
New Orleans. Another proposal in the
Louisiana Statewide Transportation Plan proposes an extension of the
Earhart Expressway (
Louisiana Highway 3139) westward from Dickory Drive to Interstate 310 to serve as a freeway alternative to
Airline Highway (
US 61) and I-10.
Exit list
Note: Exits numbers increase from north to south, the opposite of the standard Interstate numbering scheme.
Further Information
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