Elysian Fields Avenue
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| Elysian Fields Avenue | ||||
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| Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | ||||
| Length: | 1.8 mi (2.9 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1955 renumbering – present | |||
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| South end: |
  LA 39 / LA 46 in New Orleans
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 I-610 in New Orleans |
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 US 90 in New Orleans |
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| Parishes: | Orleans | |||
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I-10 in New Orleans
Elysian Fields Avenue is a broad, straight avenue in New Orleans named after the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. It courses south to north from the Lower Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain, a distance of approximately 5 miles (8.0 km). The avenue intersects with Interstate 610, Interstate 10, and U.S. Highway 90, Gentilly Boulevard passing by Brother Martin High School. The part between North Claiborne Avenue (Louisiana Highway 39) and Gentilly Boulevard (U.S. Route 90) is Louisiana Highway 3021 (LA 3021); the piece from N. Claiborne Avenue south to St. Claude Avenue carries Louisiana Highway 46 (which turns east on St. Claude Avenue).
For more than half of its route, from the river to Gentilly Boulevard (U.S. Route 90), it is six lanes wide; the remainder north of Gentilly Boulevard is four lanes wide. Anchoring the lake end and river end (northern and southern termini) respectively are the University of New Orleans and the Esplanade Avenue Wharf.
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