After the interchange with I-55, this is the sight one sees on US 190 East in Hammond.
US 190 prepares to junction LA 3260.
Left: LA 3260 East, to US 51. Straight: US 190 East.
Continuing on US 190 East after the intersection with LA 3260.
Ahead, US 190 junctions US 51 and Business US 51.
Left: US 51 North, to Amite. Straight: US 190 East, to Covington/Business US 51 South, to Ponchatoula. Right: US 51 South, to I-55.
Begin Business US 51 South, which covers US 51's old alignment through Hammond and Ponchatoula. As the signage indicates, it originates in a concurrency with US 190 East. Mainline US 51 was mostly rerouted to I-55 between the two cities.
US 190/Business US 51 separate here onto a one-way couplet of city streets.
Within downtown Hammond, most of the Business US 51 signage is lacking the “Business” banner. This is no exception, as the sign indicates that US 190 and Business Us 51 are soon to separate.
Straight: US 190 East, to Covington. Right: Business US 51 South, to Ponchatoula.
Only a block or two past the intersection with the couplet carrying Business Us 51, another highway appears. Left: TO LA 1065 North (it officially begins one block to the north, off of US 190 West). Straight: US 190 East.
Left: LA 443 North. Straight: US 190 East. This intersection is just after the two directions of US 190 begin sharing a single roadway again.
Just outside Hammond Airport, US 190 intersects LA 3158 (Airport Road).
Left: LA 1064. Straight: US 190 East.
US 190 East intersects Old Covington Highway (Former LA 1067) just to the west of Robert. Old Covington Highway connects to Business US 51 just southeast of Hammond.
This bridge carries US 190 over the Tangipahoa River.
Entering Robert on US 190 eastbound.
The last highway intersected by US 190 in Tangipahoa Parish is LA 445, at this intersection in Robert. LA 445 offers a connection to Interstate 12 to the south, and little else.
Entering St. Tammany Parish on US 190 eastbound.
Here in Goodbee, US 190 intersects LA 1077. To the south, LA 1077 connects to Madisonville.
Between Goodbee and Covington, US 190 crosses the Tchefuncte River.
Entering Covington on US 190 East.
Ahead, US 190 intersects its former alignment, known now as Business US 190.
Straight: US 190 East. Trucks should remain on this route, which bypasses downtown and its horribly cramped roads. Right: Business US 190 East, to downtown Covington.
Reassurance marker for US 190 East after the intersection with Business US 190. Do you see “Bypass” on that assembly anywhere? No? Then stop calling it “US 190 Bypass” in all the local literature!
US 190 East will next intersect LA 25.
Left: LA 25 North, to Folsom. Straight: Proposed LA 3114, for the moment simply a local road. Right: US 190 East, to Mandeville.
US 190 eastbound assumes a southerly orientation from here, until it reaches Mandeville. This is the modern “Bypass” route. To the right, Spur LA 437, which is also a historic routing of a longer LA 25.
US 190 connects to the local National Guard armory via East 33rd Street, which departs to the right.
Left: LA 437 North (Lee Road), to Barker's Corner and Blond. Straight: US 190 East, to Mandeville and Slidell. Right: LA 437 South (East 30th Street), to Downtown Covington via Columbia Street.
US 190 eastbound crosses the Bogue Falaya River on this old and over-capacity bridge. It causes a huge chokepoint for westbound traffic.
US 190 expands to three lanes eastbound, as traffic from LA 21 North/Business US 190 East merges in from the right. US 190 overlays LA 25's old routing south from here to Mandeville.
Left: Business US 190 West, to LA 21. Straight: US 190 East, to Mandeville.
Left: Harrison Road, to LA 59. Straight: US 190 East.
US 190 eastbound encounters Three Rivers Road at this signalized intersection. Three Rivers Road connects to a satellite campus of Tulane University.
Eastbound US 190 begins its freeway portion here at the interchange with I-12. Traffic bound for westbound I-12 exits here.
Traffic from westbound I-12 merges onto US 190 eastbound here as the loop ramp for eastbound I-12 prepares to exit.
Traffic from eastbound I-12 merges with eastbound US 190 here. The next exit is for Fairway Drive. The guide sign informs people that Fairway Drive's exit offers a connection to the Louisiana State Police Troop L's headquarters.
One half mile to Fairway Drive.
Traffic bound for Fairway Drive departs here. This interchange was the last one completed in this freeway segment. It was finished in the late 1980's. US 190 eastbound will exit from this freeway 1.25 miles from this point, where it also encounters the westbound beginning of LA 22.
This shot offers a view of Mandeville from the Fairway Drive overpass. The city's water tower can be seen in the distance.
Entering US 190 eastbound from Fairway Drive. These ramps once carried the travel lanes of US 190, hence their extra-wide construction.
As traffic from Fairway Drive merges onto US 190 eastbound, the overhead 1/2 mile guide sign for eastbound US 190 and westbound LA 22 greets traffic.
Welcome to Mandeville. US 190 takes a slight jog to the west here, separating from the old alignment.
US 190 eastbound exits here. The freeway ends ahead, but the roadway continues south to the Causeway, and eventually to Metairie and New Orleans (via I-10 in Metairie).
More guide signs along the offramp portion of US 190 eastbound. The Big Brown Sign indicates the distance to two local State Parks. After that, the smaller green guide sign and trailblazers direct traffic to Mandeville and Ponchatoula. That sign was more accurate before Mandeville's city limits expanded to include this area in the 1990's.
This picture was taken at the end of the offramp from the previously mentioned picture. Take a left to continue on eastbound US 190. A right will take you to westbound LA 22. Note the age of the trailblazers.
The old signs at this intersection were replaced as of October with these. Monochromes have invaded Mandeville...
Your tax dollars at work! Construction along US 190 for the next few miles ahead set the state back $4,725,220, and the Feds picked up $18,900,880, bringing things to a grand total of $23,626,100.
Eastbound US 190 intersecting with its old alignment, now designated as LA 3228. At one point, LA 22 ended here. With the rerouting of US 190 to the freeway, LA 22 was retracted to the interchange.
Past the intersection with LA 3228, this reassurance shield is visible. US 190 contracts to three lanes ahead.
Work is in progress along this section to expand US 190 to four lanes. Currently, both directions travel along the westbound lanes here.
This picture was taken near East Causeway Approach. The culverts are marked for LA 22, however. Go figure.
Lane shift after picking up traffic from East Causeway Approach. An ongoing project will widen US 190 from here to Jackson Street to five lanes.
Both directions of traffic currently travel on US 190's future eastbound lanes.
This is a picture from May, before traffic was rerouted onto the new lanes. Notice the difference in elevation between the old lanes and the new.
US 190 intersects with Girod Street at this light. To the left is LA 59. To the right, LA 1087.
Here is a picture from May 2009 of the US 190/LA 59/LA 1087 intersection, with roadwork complete. Left: LA 59 North (two lanes allocated to the turn). Straight: US 190 East. Right: LA 1087 South (not signed, possibly decommissioned).
Continuing on US 190 East (Florida Street) after the intersection with LA 59 and LA 1087 (Girod Street).
US 190 intersects here with hidden LA 1089, which departs on the right. LA 1089 services Fontainebleau State Park.
US 190 enters the central part of Lacombe, an unincorporated small “town” with big-city crime and drug problems. Ahead to the left, LA 1093-3.
Eastbound on US 190 in Lacombe, there's a Find... LA 1093-2, thought decomissioned in the late 1980's, now reborn and marked with Monochromes, no less! (Edit: As of December 4th, 2008, these signs no longer exist. It is likely the highway was never recommissioned, and this was a signing error.)
Here in Lacombe, US 190 prepares to intersect LA 1093-1 and LA 434.
Left: LA 1093-1 (Fish Hatchery Road) northbound. Straight: US 190 eastbound and LA 434 northbound enter a brief concurrency, crossing over Bayou Lacombe. Right: LA 434 (Lake Road) southbound.
Approaching the Bayou Lacombe bridge on US 190 East/LA 434 North.
Left: LA 434 northbound, to Interstate 12 and the Village of St. Tammany. Straight: US 190 eastbound continues toward Slidell.
Straight: US 190 (Gause Boulevard) eastbound enters Slidell. Right: LA 433 (Thompson Road) southbound, to Bayou Liberty.
Left: North Shore Boulevard northbound, to I-12 and the Slidell Airport. Straight: US 190 (Gause Boulevard) eastbound continues deeper into Slidell.
Left: US 11 (Front Street) northbound, to Interstate 12 and Pearl River. Straight: US 190 (Gause Boulevard) continues eastbound, to Interstate 10. Right: US 11 southbound, through Slidell and across the lake to New Orleans. This junction is a former end and parent junction of US 190, when current US 11's path carried US 90. US 11's path also at one point carried pre-1955 Lousiana Highway 2. Finally, this intersection was also the western terminus of former LA 1092, until sometime in the 1970's.
An idiot spotted on US 190 eastbound, stopped on the train tracks. You wonder why there are so many car-train accidents down here... this is one good reason right here. LOSER!
US 190 East enters Slidell proper here, as it gets past US 11. This was the eastbound beginning of LA 1092 while it was still commissioned.
Here, we encounter the southern terminus of LA 1091, which starts to the left. To the right is Slidell Memorial Hospital. This surface could easily date back from the LA 1092 designation.
Continuing east now past LA 1091 (Robert Boulevard) in Slidell. The next highway encountered ahead will be Interstate 10.
US 190 (Gause Boulevard) eastbound prepares to intersect Interstate 10 ahead at I-10's Exit 266 complex. Taking I-10 eastbound (left) from this interchange will lead you quickly to Interstates 12 and 59, Exits 267A-B, while westbound (right) quickly takes you to US 190's former alignment at Exit 265.
Fast-forward to Slidell, this picture is looking at eastbound US 190 at the end of Business US 190 (also known in the Route Log as US 190-Y, and to the locals as Short Cut Highway.) US 190 ends a few miles ahead.
END! US 190 eastbound at US 90 in White Kitchen. No end signage is present.
Begin westbound US 190 here. The next highway encountered is Business US 190 in Slidell. No reassurance shield is posted until Slidell.
This is one of many old bridges along US 190's routing in Louisiana. The only upgrade this one has seen is a modern guardrail.
Approaching the first deviation from US 190's older routing at the intersection with Business US 190, also called US 190-Y.
Traffic wishing to continue on westbound US 190 should turn right at this light onto Military Road. Continuing straight puts you on US 190-Y, Short Cut Highway. For now, use US 190 west to reach I-10.
This is the sight from US 190 westbound in Slidell after passing by Interstate 10. This section was once signed as LA 1092. Some of the concrete here dates back to that designation.
Westbound on US 190 (Gause Boulevard) in Slidell, approaching the intersection with US 11 (Front Street). This is the historic western END! of LA 1092.
US 190 continues westbound out of Slidell. It carries three lanes along this section and sees frequent congestion.
Ahead, as US 190 escapes Slidell, we come upon the northern terminus of LA 433, which runs south and east from here to US 90, absorbing the Old Spanish Trail along the way.
US 190 West enters Lacombe, a Census Designated Place situated between Slidell and Mandeville.
US 190 Westbound will encounter LA 434 ahead on the curve. The concrete road that veers off to the right is an old segment of US 190 that still sees some use as easier access from westbound US 190 to northbound LA 434.
Southbound LA 434 enters a multiplex with westbound US 190.
US 190 West/LA 434 South traverse the Bayou Lacombe Bridge, built in 1938.
LA 434 departs its short multiplex here, leaving to the left. To the right, LA 1093-1, aka Fish Hatchery Road. US 190 encounters all three hyphenated LA 1093 routes within the next mile.
Westbound on US 190 in Lacombe, this is indeed a Find... the western terminus of LA 1093-2! It's marked with a Monochrome. (Edit: As of December 4, 2008, this intersection is no longer signed for LA 1093-2.)
Westbound US 190 departs the intersection with LA 1093-3 here. It remains in Lacombe for another couple of miles. Next stop: Mandeville.
US 190 West intersects Hidden LA 1089 here just east of Mandeville. LA 1089 serves Fontainebleau State Park.
Westbound US 190 enters Mandeville here. It's also designated as Florida Street along this section.
Westbound on US 190 in Mandeville back in May. This is a shot of the reassurance shield past LA 59/LA 1087. With the shifting of lanes, this shield no longer stands.
Standing in the future eastbound lanes back in May, before the lane shift. US 190 carries more traffic here than it can handle as a two-lane highway, and has done so for well over a decade.
US 190 westbound in Mandeville as it travels over the Tammany Trace. Construction is nearly complete along this section.
US 190 westbound at the reconfigured intersection with East Causeway Approach. Once complete, there will be two left turn lanes for Approach-bound traffic.
One more photo from May, this is looking at the then-unbuilt future eastbound carriageway. This section of US 190 is slated to be four lanes with a median dividing the two carriageways.
US 190 westbound past East Causeway Approach in Mandeville. Construction here is closer to completion, although both directions of traffic currently still occupy what will be the westbound carriageway.
US 190 encounters Bayou Chinchuba at this bridge. After the bridge, it widens to three lanes.
US 190 westbound encounters LA 3228, a portion of its old alignment, ahead. The roadway widens to four lanes.
This sign assembly was only recently placed. I wonder if LA DOTD reads my albums... anyway. LA 3228 is a former alignment of US 190, and before that, LA 25.
Westbound US 190 exits from itself here. The through lanes default to LA 22.
Now US 190 westbound takes over the North Causeway Approach and upgrades to freeway. Louisiana State Police Troop L headquarters can be reached from the next exit. On the extreme right, LA 3228 begins/ends at the east frontage road.
US 190 westbound encounters its first interchange as a freeway, at Fairway Drive.
Traffic bound for Fairway Drive exits here. Interstate 12 is the next exit, one mile away.
Just as traffic from Fairway Drive gets comfortable, I-12 looms 1/2 mile away.
Traffic bound for Interstate 12 departs US 190 westbound in unison. US 190's freeway section ends about half a mile ahead.
To the right, the US 190 WB to I-12 ramp partitions traffic bound for I-12 east and I-12 west.
This flyover carries traffic from eastbound Interstate 12 to westbound US 190. To the right, you can see the exit ramp from westbound 190 approaching a flyover ramp on the north side of the interchange.
Interstate 12's main lanes pass over US 190 here.
Traffic from westbound US 190 flies over the roadway to meet westbound I-12 on the pictured ramp.
Now merging from I-12 to westbound US 190, Covington-bound. From here to the Bogue Falaya bridge, US 190 is six lanes.
The US 190 freeway ends at this traffic light.
Here, US 190 westbound encounters the Covington Wal-Mart.
The next stoplight along westbound US 190 is for Crestwood Drive. It used to lead to a psych hospital, but now its main purpose is connecting a subdivision to the highway.
Although hard to make out from all the stopped traffic, this intersection is for Harrison Road, a semi-important parish-maintained road that serves as a sort of bypass of Abita Springs for Covington-bound traffic on LA 59.
Westbound US 190 enters Covington's city limits about a mile ahead.
Looking from the eastern END! of Business US 190 at the modern US 190 westbound, routed along the “Bypass” route.
US 190 crosses the Bogue Falaya River over an antiquated two-lane bridge. This bridge will eventually be twinned, but not identically, rather, this carriage will remain elevated and another will stay at ground level, intersecting LA 21 and Business US 190 below.
The section of US 190 ahead is known locally as “US 190 Bypass”, though it is not signed as such, nor considered such by LA DoTD.
Reassurance signage seen after the intersection with LA 437 (Lee Road).
Left: Spur LA 437 (Former LA 25) South, bound for downtown Covington. Straight: US 190 West, itself intersecting the modern south end of LA 25 in another quarter-mile.
See the Big Green Sign? It dates back to the original construction of US 190's modern routing. (As of 2011, it's gone)
Here's a better shot of the old BGS near US 190's intersection with LA 25. For those who were asking, it is retro-reflective, NOT button-copy. (Edit: As of 2011, it ain't dere no more.)
Seen from the end of LA 25, US 190 West continues west towards Hammond. This stretch ahead carries considerably less traffic, offloading most of it south of LA 25.
