Project Details: Cost: $622 million Click to enlarge (pdf)

The I-49 North project is a 36-mile project that will construct a four-lane interstate with a 4-foot inside shoulder and a 10-foot outside shoulder from I-220 in Shreveport to the Arkansas state line.

The estimated total cost of the I-49 North project is $622 million. Approximately $460 million in federal earmarks and state matching funds have been secured for I-49 North. The project is broken up into 11 segments A-J.

Progress on I-49 North:

• Right-of-way purchase and utility relocation have been completed for all sections
  
  
• Construction Completion Schedules
  • Arkansas state line to La. 168, Segment A - Complete
  • La 168 to Mira-Myrtis Road, Segment B - Complete
  • Mira-Myrtis Road to La 2, Segment C - Complete
  • La 2 to U.S. 71, Segment D - Complete
  • La. 170 to U.S. 71, Segment E – Estimated completion: Spring 2013
  • La. 530 to La. 170, Segment F – Estimated completion: Spring 2013
  • La 530 to La 169, Segment G – Estimated completion: Spring 2013
  • La. 173 to La. 169, Segment H – Estimated completion: Spring 2013
  • La. 1 to La. 173, Segment I – Estimated completion: Spring 2013
  • I-220 to La. 1, Segment J (MLK Blvd.-La. 1) To begin Q1 2013
  • I-220 to La. 1, Segment K (I-220 to MLK Blvd.) To begin in 2014

Opening for segments A-I are scheduled for the summer of 2013, leaving the final two segments (J-K) to be completed in 2016.

The I-49 North project is a 36-mile project that will construct a four-lane interstate with a 4-foot inside shoulder and a 10-foot outside shoulder from I-220 in Shreveport to the Arkansas state line. This project is scheduled to complete in 2016.

The estimated total cost of the I-49 North project is $622 million. Approximately $460 million in federal earmarks and state matching funds have been secured for I-49 North. The project is broken up into 11 segments A-J.

Long-term plans call for I-49 to be extended from Lafayette to New Orleans and north from Shreveport to Kansas City, MO where it will connect with other interstates and provide a seamless link from Louisiana ports to the Canadian border.