Louisiana Highway 30

Louisiana Highway 30
Route of LA 30 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length:	28.102 mi (45.226 km)
Existed:	1955 renumbering – present
Tourist routes:	Louisiana Scenic Byways: Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
Major junctions
Northwest end:	LA 73 in Baton Rouge
	I-10 in Baton Rouge LA 42 in Baton Rouge LA 74 in St. Gabriel LA 73 northeast of Geismar I-10 in Gonzales LA 44 in Gonzales
Southeast end:	US 61 east of Gonzales
Location
Parishes:	East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension
Highway system
Louisiana Highway System Interstate US State ← LA 29 LA 31 → ← SR 62 SR 63 SR 64 →

Louisiana Highway 30 (LA 30) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana. It runs 28.10 miles (45.22 km) in a northwest to southeast direction from LA 73 in Baton Rouge to U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) east of Gonzales.

The route connects Downtown Baton Rouge with Louisiana State University and travels through the western portion of the campus. Known as Nicholson Drive, this section of LA 30 is a divided four-lane thoroughfare that provides access to many of the school's sports facilities, most notably Tiger Stadium, one of the largest stadiums by capacity in the world.

South of the Baton Rouge area, LA 30 cuts across several sharp bends in the Mississippi River. While passing through the rural city of St. Gabriel, its general direction changes from north–south to east–west. The highway then connects a string of chemical plants in the Geismar area to junctions with Interstate 10 (I-10) in Gonzales and US 61 at Brittany.

LA 30 was designated in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, replacing the former State Route 63. The highway initially followed little of its current route, traveling more closely along the Mississippi River southward from Gardere to a different terminus at Darrow. The current alignment, an extension of Baton Rouge's Nicholson Drive, was constructed in stages during the 1960s. Other state highway designations, primarily LA 75, were subsequently extended over portions of the original alignment.