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Posted on 10/30/19 at 2:44 pm to jlovel7
The quality of the female prostitutes along Airline Highway was MUCH higher back then. I don't know what it is about the Interstate that made the female prostitute quality drop so low.
I can't comment on the quality of the male prostitutes, then or now, because I've no knowledge of that.
I can't comment on the quality of the male prostitutes, then or now, because I've no knowledge of that.
Posted on 10/30/19 at 2:59 pm to jlovel7
Going North in Louisiana from the South was brutal. Had to go sideways and up, sideways and up. With more sideways.
Saying that, my memories of a Sunday drive as a little boy with my mother down Hwy 61 to Gonzales for a Stuckeys Pecan Log bring the tears now that she's gone.
As an adult, sometimes I would take "the old way" to New Orleans and back just to break the interstate boredom up. Things have changed, that's for sure.
Everyone should try and experience Hey 61 going both North and South.
Saying that, my memories of a Sunday drive as a little boy with my mother down Hwy 61 to Gonzales for a Stuckeys Pecan Log bring the tears now that she's gone.
As an adult, sometimes I would take "the old way" to New Orleans and back just to break the interstate boredom up. Things have changed, that's for sure.
Everyone should try and experience Hey 61 going both North and South.
Posted on 10/30/19 at 3:16 pm to jlovel7
I use to run to Dallas in the 70's and early 80's and I-49 between Lafayette and Shreveport wasn't in existence then. I'd run up La. 1 from Baton Rouge toward Shreveport then catch I-20 to Dallas.
You could never mistake La.1 for a replacement for interstate highways. Damn road is 2 lanes running north and south and cuts through so many small towns that making good time is not going to happen.
Not an interstate, but when negotiating St. Bernard Parish until sometime in the 60's, the only road through the Parish was St. Bernard Highway which is 4 lanes from Arabi to Paris Rd. then it drops down to 2 lanes from there on.
Judge Perez Dr. was initially called Goodchildren when it was first put in use and eventually changed to Judge Perez Dr. to honor Plaquemines Parish's Leander Perez----and that caused a stink since he was considered a bigoted racist by many. That opened up St. Bernard Parish for a lot more commercial and residential development.
You could never mistake La.1 for a replacement for interstate highways. Damn road is 2 lanes running north and south and cuts through so many small towns that making good time is not going to happen.
Not an interstate, but when negotiating St. Bernard Parish until sometime in the 60's, the only road through the Parish was St. Bernard Highway which is 4 lanes from Arabi to Paris Rd. then it drops down to 2 lanes from there on.
Judge Perez Dr. was initially called Goodchildren when it was first put in use and eventually changed to Judge Perez Dr. to honor Plaquemines Parish's Leander Perez----and that caused a stink since he was considered a bigoted racist by many. That opened up St. Bernard Parish for a lot more commercial and residential development.
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Posted on 10/30/19 at 3:37 pm to jlovel7
A very nice State, now a shithole
Posted on 10/30/19 at 4:51 pm to jlovel7
quote:I was born in the early 70s and also have only known a full interstate system. It's been around awhile. But, before the interstate, Louisiana didn't rank last in everything, so maybe we ought to tear it up.
I was born in the early 90s so I've only ever known an almost fully realized interstate system.
This post was edited on 10/30/19 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 10/30/19 at 5:17 pm to jlovel7
Posted on 10/30/19 at 5:45 pm to jlovel7
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What was louisiana like before the interstate?
I can say the trip to Grand Isle was a killer late 60's...
we hit a bar every so many miles till we got there...
This post was edited on 10/30/19 at 5:46 pm
Posted on 10/30/19 at 6:05 pm to jlovel7
Water
Posted on 10/30/19 at 6:31 pm to jlovel7
Thriving small towns. Next time you go to Nola from BR take The Airline, you can see the ruins of small towns along the way. To me, it’s a pleasant drive, without the18 wheelers.
Posted on 10/30/19 at 7:23 pm to jlovel7
Road trips from New Orleans to just north of Baton Rouge was a all day thing. Road side Mon/Pop places to eat were in. Airline was the route. Laplace was a sleepy town. Everything from there to BR was country.
So yes, I lived it. Had even used to fish off I10 bridge in New Orleans east when they were building it.
So yes, I lived it. Had even used to fish off I10 bridge in New Orleans east when they were building it.
Posted on 10/30/19 at 7:39 pm to jlovel7
I-49 before it was complete you had to get off in Turkey Creek and take 71 thru Alexandria and then get back on I-49. That was around early 1990’s.
Prior to that you too US 71 thru Funkie Bunkie, Lea’s restaurant’s was the place, and small towns that were speed traps.
I-10 from LAF to BR was built late 60’s or early 70’s. Prior to that you took 190 to Opelousas and then down to Lafayette.
I-110 ended at Hollywood street in the 70’s. People would get drunk, run over the road block signs, and drive off the end of the elevated highway.
Prior to that you too US 71 thru Funkie Bunkie, Lea’s restaurant’s was the place, and small towns that were speed traps.
I-10 from LAF to BR was built late 60’s or early 70’s. Prior to that you took 190 to Opelousas and then down to Lafayette.
I-110 ended at Hollywood street in the 70’s. People would get drunk, run over the road block signs, and drive off the end of the elevated highway.
Posted on 10/30/19 at 8:47 pm to jlovel7
Wonderful
Posted on 10/31/19 at 11:35 am to jlovel7
My dad told stories of the old days (1950s) when the main route to Texas was US 190- and there were times when it would flood. So watching the weather was a lot more important (and more difficult, I'm sure) in those days prior to traveling.
Posted on 10/31/19 at 5:42 pm to jlovel7
broken headlights and windshields
Posted on 10/31/19 at 6:31 pm to jlovel7
No one moved to Texas
Posted on 10/31/19 at 6:58 pm to jlovel7
One of my memories from Long ago... early/mid 60’s, driving from NOLA to Independence, Tangipohoa , on old 51. It was basically two lane, no shoulder, tar and pebbles roadway....can still hear the pebbles hitting the underside of the old ford fair lane
This post was edited on 10/31/19 at 7:02 pm
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