Talk:Interstate 10 in Louisiana

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I think I remember reading about Orange, Texas lobbying to get I-10 through it. Can't find it right now though. --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 16:05, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Here's something - "Planners in Washington thought it would cost less to build by bringing it into Texas at Deweyville, about 20 miles north of Orange. As in many other cities, however, community leaders actually wanted the Interstate. Byron Simmons was most instrumental in having the plan changed to bring 10 to Orange. Hence, the name of the street. Drive down Simmons Dr some day, as it is marked as Business 90. See what happened to Orange when one day in about 1963 the traffic stopped coming." Maybe I can find more from that. --SPUI (T - C - RFC) 19:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Bridge dates
(prominent bridges only for now)
 * 1952 over Sabine River (Texas border)
 * 1954 over Sabine Relief
 * 1966 under US 90 east (first major east of Sabine River)


 * 1960 under US 90 east (first west of Calcasieu River)
 * 1952 over Calcasieu River (in Lake Charles)
 * 1961 over LA 385 (first east of Calcasieu River)
 * 1961 over Ryan Street
 * 1961 over Bilbo Street
 * 1961 over Kirkman Street
 * 1961 over US 90 Business
 * 1961 over railroad
 * 1963 over Shattuck Street
 * 1961 over US 90 west
 * 1961 over Opelousas Street
 * 1963 under US 171
 * 1964 over Kayouche Coulee


 * 1970 over LA 347 (first major west of Atchafalaya Swamp)
 * 1971-1972 over Atchafalaya Swamp
 * 1972 over railroad (first major east of Atchafalaya Swamp)
 * 1972 over LA 77
 * 1969 over LA 415
 * 1968 over LA 1
 * 1968 over Mississippi River
 * 1963 over Washington Street


 * 1972-1974 over swamps
 * 1972 over US 51
 * 1975 under I-55
 * 1972 over Bonnet Carre Spillway
 * 1971 over Loyola Avenue (first major east of Bonnet Carre Spillway)


 * ? over Industrial Canal


 * 1967 under US 11 (first west of Lake Pontchartrain)
 * 1963 over Lake Pontchartrain
 * 1966 over LA 433 (first major original east of Lake Pontchartrain)
 * 1970 at I-12/I-59
 * 1970 over Pearl River (Mississippi border)

Spelling/Grammar
I don't know who keeps doing it, but the 'p' in Laplace is not capitalized. If you don't believe it, check the maps, local newscasts or better yet, go visit the place. --Bdj95 16:36, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Except the signs on the Interstate have it spelled with an uppercase P, and the actual wikipedia article is LaPlace, Louisiana, not Laplace, Louisiana. --68.11.232.22 (talk) 22:23, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

I just ran across this and find it somewhat amusing. Those that I know that live in Louisiana call and spell the town LaPlace. This is the correct spelling. The town was named after Bazile LaPlace who was a slave owner. Being the Andouille sausage capital of at least Louisiana, and self claimed of the world, many know some of the history. There is also history concerning a slave revolt in 1811 and a levee break in 1871 that led to severe flooding of new Orleans. The amusing part concerns the spelling. Even today there are at least three different ways used to spell the name of the town. These are LaPlace, Laplace, and even La Place. The later can be found in the 2007 Rand McNally Road Atlas. A search on the internet will provide results of the first two.


 * The St. John the Baptist Parish official website has it spelled "LaPlace" in various places. Seeing as how it's the parish, and they probably know how to spell the name of their own town, I'd say that would be the "official" spelling, and have changed it in the article to reflect that spelling. If you dispute the name of your own city with the parish, you should probably take it up with them, not Wikipedia. --Mr. Brown (talk) 03:26, 26 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, the name is LaPlace. I did not notice it was changed. I read where someone (no names) went into elaborate detail to explain that it was Laplace (maps etc..) and could not imagine how they came up with this--until--I found that the USGS GNIS has it spelled Laplace.
 * For all editors: The correct spelling is and has been LaPlace, pronounced as if spelled LaPlaz, however it needs to be noted for that according to the GNIS web site, and affirmed as being correct, the ''official' spelling would be Laplace. Since the government never makes mistakes and plenty of jobs and lots of money later the trillion dollar stimulus package proves it, a request has to be sent to the parish requesting them to seek a correction to the (OMG-whisper) "mistake". Even my browser wants to correct LaPlace to Laplace.

Note A GNIS query search of LaPlace, Louisiana reveals that the site refers to listings as other than the official spelling (variants) and the name of the town is still Laplace according to the GNIS.

The "official website of ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH references the spelling LaPlace, Laplace, and La Place. The parish president is from LaPlace.

Assessor: Whitney Joseph, Jr. - Assessor 1801 W. Airline Highway, Room 103 La Place, LA 70068 Phone: 985-652-5311 Fax: 985-652-8746

Bruno Burrell, Jr. - Chief Deputy

Website: http://www.stjohnassessor.org/

The history of St. John Parish references LaPlace.


 * Google map: LaPlace
 * Mapquest: Laplace
 * Some Goggle powered maps: Laplace

Conclusion
The government claims the spelling to be Laplace. The parish is confused or there are three different towns in the area. Actually they lean more towards LaPlace, to be technical. Although the name is really LaPlace, Louisiana there could be a great discussion as to who would be correct. If anyone locates the other two towns please let us know. I know the name is spelled LaPlace but the authority given to the government actually makes the official spelling Laplace.

In light of this information I would like to ask that editors hold up on the keyboard tapping (editing) for a period as I have contacted the Parish concerning the problem. I find it hard to believe that nobody in the parish has noticed this. Otr500 (talk) 01:23, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

Correction
The info under the map of Louisiana that highlights the route of I-10 says that the highway is maintained by the "Louisiana DOT". That is incorrect, as the name of the agency is "Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD or Louisiana DOTD).

Bdj95 (talk) 07:26, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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