LTA Projects

As an LTA project managed by DOTD, the Department is in the process of replacing a major portion of the existing LA 1 highway near Leeville, Louisiana with an 18-mile elevated highway. This area of our state's sensitive wetlands has been featured nationally as being the victim of coastal erosion and ground subsidence, and the existing LA 1 is sinking. Each year, tropical storms pose more of a threat to LA 1, which now often floods in low-level storms and strands coastal residents, tourists and oil industry workers who use Port Fourchon as primary access to Gulf operations.

This project will replace the sinking highway with one of the longest bridges in Louisiana and the Americas. When complete, the LA 1 Bridge will be almost as long as the nearby Pontchartrain Bridge in New Orleans, generally regarded as the world’s longest bridge. The first 9 miles of construction are now complete and the portion of the bridge from Leeville to Port Fourchon is open. Phase 2 (Leeville to Golden Meadow) is projected to be completed in 2027.

For more detail about the project, visit the "LA 1 Improvements" link at the top of this page.

TOLL INFO

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LA 1 at Leeville is a tolled road.
 
Toll Rates: Visit our statewide toll system site at www.GeauxPass.com.
 
Customer Service Center Location: 1821 South Alex Plaisance Blvd. (Hwy. 3235) in Golden Meadow (Full toll tag and account sales and service).
 
GeauxPass - Louisiana's statewide toll system! With GeauxPass you can drive on Louisiana toll roads without getting out of your vehicle to pay tolls on site.