Hurricane evacuation route

A hurricane evacuation route shield in New Orleans, Louisiana, after Hurricane Katrina. The signage below suggests tuning to WWL Radio or sister station WLMG for emergency information.

A hurricane evacuation route is a highway in the United States that is a specified route for hurricane evacuation.

Along the Gulf Coast, hurricane evacuation routes lead north and west for up to hundreds of miles to the safest major city. Along the Atlantic Coast, routes lead west. They are marked with blue signs that point in the correct direction. During mass evacuations, these roads (and especially interstate highways) have been set up with paved crossover lanes so that both north and southbound lanes flow north and west and eastbound lanes flow west, a procedure known as contraflow. In some cases, traffic may still be backed up, bumper-to-bumper.

States

These states primarily use signed evacuation routes:

• Texas
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Georgia
• South Carolina
• North Carolina
• Virginia
• Mississippi
• Alabama
• New Jersey
• Delaware
• Maryland

See also

• Contraflow lane reversal

External links

Evacuees using Interstate 45 to evacuate from Hurricane Rita. Interstate 45 is an official evacuation route.

• Florida Evacuation Routes
• South Carolina Evacuation Routes
• Louisiana Evacuation Routes
• North Carolina Evacuation Routes
• Virginia Evacuation Routes
• Mississippi Evacuation Routes
• Texas Evacuation Routes
• New Jersey coastal evacuation routes
• USA Evacuation Routes Directory