Louisiana Highway 1 (LA 1) is a state highway in Louisiana. At 431.88 miles (695.04 km), it is the longest numbered highway of any class in Louisiana. It runs diagonally across the state, connecting the oil and gas fields near the island of Grand Isle with the northwest corner of the state, north of Shreveport.
Bridge of LA Highway 1 over the Cane River in Natchitoches
LA 1 in Caddo Parish, after crossing into Louisiana
Grand Isle is a town in Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on a barrier island of the same name in the Gulf of Mexico. The island is at the mouth of Barataria Bay where it meets the gulf. The town of Grand Isle is statistically part of the New Orleans−Metairie−Kenner metropolitan statistical area, though it is not connected to New Orleans' continuous urbanized area.
Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Church
Storm damage from Hurricane Katrina in September 2005
Storm damage from Hurricane Gustav in September 2008
Two men collecting oil samples from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill at a beach in Grand Isle in May 2010