Interstate 220 (Louisiana)

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Interstate 220 marker

Interstate 220
Route information
Maintained by LDOT
Length: 17.62 mi (28.36 km)
Existed: 1971 (Signed)
1991 (Completed) – present
Major junctions
West end: I-20 / LA 3132 in Shreveport
  US 71 in Shreveport
US 79 / US 80 in Shreveport
East end: I-20 in Bossier City
Highway system
  • Louisiana Highway System
I-210 LA 300

Interstate 220 (abbreviated I-220) in Louisiana is an east–west bypass route around Shreveport, Louisiana in the northwestern corner of the state.

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Route description [edit]

Interstate 220 begins at Interstate 20 in western Shreveport at the northern end of Louisiana Highway 3132 near Shreveport Regional Airport. I-220 heads northeast towards Cross Lake, where it passes through northern Shreveport, curving in an eastern direction at US 71, before crossing the Red River near the Shreveport Downtown Airport. East of the Red River, I-220 enters Bossier City, continuing east through the northern parts of that city until curving south towards I-20 at Shed Road (exit 15). Interstate 220 ends at I-20 at the southwest corner of the Louisiana Downs racetrack.

History [edit]

Future [edit]

There have been proposals to extend the highway eastward over the Red River and then northward to complete the loop by reaching Interstate 20, but Barksdale Air Force Base is in the way of a direct route to join up with the beginning of I-220. Google Maps shows ramp stubs for a possible extension southward from its eastern terminus with Interstate 20.[1]

Exit list [edit]

Parish Location Mile[2] km Exit Destinations Notes
Caddo
Shreveport 0.0 0.0 LA 3132 east (Inner Loop Expressway) Continuation beyond I-20, Future I-49
0.1 0.2 1B-C I-20 – Dallas, Monroe Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
1.4 2.3 1A PR 18 (Jefferson Paige Road) to US 79 to US 80
  2.4 3.9 2 Lakeshore Drive
Cross Lake 3.3–
5.0
5.3–
8.0
Bridge
Shreveport 5.1 8.2 5 LA 173 (Shreveport-Blanchard Highway)
6 I-49 north – Texarkana Future I-49 between exits 1 and 6
7.9 12.7 7 US 71 / LA 1 – Texarkana Signed as exits 7A (south) and 7B (north)
Bossier
Bossier City 11.2 18.0 11 LA 3 (Benton Road)
12.2 19.6 12 LA 3105 (Airline Drive)
14.0 22.5 13 Swan Lake Road
15.3 24.6 15 Shed Road
17.1 27.5 17A US 79 / US 80 (Texas Street)
17.6 28.3 17B–C I-20 – Shreveport, Monroe Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Closed/former
  •       HOV only
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Tolled/ETC
  •       Unopened

References [edit]

External links [edit]

Route map: Google / Bing