Talk:Interstate 59 in Louisiana

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This was recently split from Interstate 59 in Louisiana and Mississippi, a split that I think should be reversed. --NE2 22:36, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Suggested improvements

• Use the AASHTO numbering approval date for the | parameter in the infobox.
  • Done. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:00, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• Cut (which also has its eastern terminus); this can be elaborated on the the route description section.
  • I've cut out this part. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:00, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• Add "the town of" in front of "Pearl River" to distinguish from the river.
  • Added. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:00, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• Add predecessors, background, and planning information at the beginning of the history paragraph. No source for the establishment date of 1960, and not sure where this information came from. As mentioned above AASHTO numbering dates are best for establishment dates of Interstate Highways.
  • Will add. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• In 1958, the state spent $45 million more in comparison to 1957 on road work to help improve the network of highways. $112 million in bids were received by LDOTD to help pay for the roads, of which 15,000 miles (24,000 km) were being maintained. Was any of this spent on the road that became I-59?
  • Yes, I'm pretty sure it got spent on it, since I-59 was one of the Interstate Highways planned to be built in Louisiana. It says in one of the paragraphs of the clipping, Projects completed during 1958 along the system in Louisiana include: Twin bridge structures over Pearl River bordering Mississippi at the site of the relocation of US 11, along Interstate Rt. 59. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• The Pearl River bridges crossing the Louisiana-Mississippi border along the relocation of US 11 and I-59 had an estimated cost of $300,000, with Louisiana paying approximately $15,000, Mississippi paying the same amount, and the remainder by federal aid. Were these the exact same bridges that were incorporated into I-59? If so, were they originally planned to be used for I-59? Lastly, did this federal aid come from the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956?
  • Yes, these are the exact same bridges incorporated into I-59, although I don't necessarily know if the bridges were planned to be used for the Interstate, but I do know they were built along it. Also, yes, I assume it came from the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, so I added that. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• The proposed routing was planned to enter Louisiana just south of Picayune, follow the path of the Honey Island Swamp, and bypass Slidell to the east, while coming to Lake Pontchartrain. This will likely end up belonging in a preceding paragraph about the planning phase.
  • Will add. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• Additionally, the four-mile (6.4 km) completed stretch of the highway from the end to Slidell was under construction. Why was it still under construction? Did you mean incomplete stretch? When did construction begin?
  • Sorry, that was really confusing. I've rephrased it into from the end of the completed highway and also replaced was with became. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• Cut All of I-10 and I-59 running from the Mississippi state line to New Orleans was either complete or under construction still, cutting across Lake Pontchartrain. Redundant and unnecessary; instead mention when the last section of I-59 began construction, and only mention I-10 if there is some connection, such as if they began construction at the same time.
  • Removed. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• In 1964, I-59 was officially completed as a whole, and a 2.9-mile (4.7 km) stretch going northward to the Mississippi state line and connecting with I-59, the Pearl River Turnaround, was also finished. Sentence is ambiguous; the latter part appears to refer to the section opened in 1963. Also, the last section of I-59 appears to have opened on the same day as the original I-10 twin span bridges in December 1965.
  • Fixed; I found a news brief clipping to add as the final citation. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:35, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Bneu2013 (talk) 02:12, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

• • Update - Here are two clippings about the opening of the final section: [1], [2]. Bneu2013 (talk) 02:14, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

    Thanks. I'll probably apply these changes later. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 11:07, 25 September 2024 (UTC)