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Proposed Highway Improvements
New Highway Alignment
Leeville Bridge Aerial
Artist's Rendering of New Leeville Bridge
LA Highway 1
LA 1 During Tropical Storm Bill / June 2003
LA 1 after Tropical Storm Josephine
Port Fourchon
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port , LOOP
Leeville Bridge
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First phases of construction for LA 1 Project (courtesy of LA DOTD)
Phase 1B: Bridge Approaches. Bid awarded in January 2006.
Phase 1C: 2-lane Fixed-level Bridge over Bayou Lafourche. Bid awarded in March 2006.
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This one highway leads to approximately 18 percent
of the United States’ total energy supply.
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LA 1 During Tropical Storm Bill / June 2003.
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Natural levees protecting LA Highway 1 have diminished, allowing the road to flood during small tidal changes and serious tropical storms as seen here after Tropical Storm Josephine.
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LA Highway 1 is the only road leading to and from Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the port of choice for the intermodal transfer of goods and services necessary to support deepwater energy production in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Supertankers unload crude oil cargo at LOOP, an important entry point for the nation's foreign oil supply, located 20 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The weakest and most critical link along LA Highway 1 north of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, is the Leeville Bridge, a two-lane draw bridge that serves as the only evacuation route for thousands of workers and residents.
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