Louisiana US 71 is a grand old road. What is left of a lot of Lost Louisiana can be found along its route. My Bayou Boeuf series follows this road in part.
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U.S. Route 71 is a north-south United States highway. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstate highways. Currently, the highway's northern terminus is in International Falls, Minnesota at the Canadian border, at the southern end of the Fort Frances-International Falls International Bridge to Fort Frances, Ontario. U.S. Route 53 also ends here. On the other side of the bridge, Trans-Canada Highway 11 is an east-west route. US 71's southern terminus is between Port Barre and Krotz Springs, Louisiana at an intersection with U.S. Route 190.
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The southern terminus of U.S. 71 is in Louisiana, beginning between Port Barre and Krotz Springs, Louisiana, at an intersection with U.S. 190. The highway follows a northwesterly course through Louisiana, passing through the communities of Alexandria and Shreveport. From its southern terminus to Shreveport, U.S. 71 has largely been superseded by Interstate 49 - which is eventually planned to roughly follow the U.S. 71 alignment as far north as Missouri. After Shreveport, U.S. 71 follows a northerly course, crossing into Arkansas just north of Ida, Louisiana.