Louisiana Highway 3026
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| Pineville Expressway | |
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| Maintained by Louisiana DOTD | |
| Length: | 10.5 mi (16.9 km) |
| Existed: | 1963 – present |
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| South end: |
   I-49 / US 167 / LA 28 in Alexandria
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 US 165 in Pineville US 71 near Pineville |
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| North end: |
 US 167 / LA 3225 near Creola
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| Parishes: | Rapides |
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| Location: | Rapides Parish |
| Length: | 4.9 mi (7.9 km) |
| Existed: | 1963–1978 |
The Pineville Expressway is a four-lane controlled-access freeway that extends from I-49 in Alexandria through Pineville. It carries US 167 for all of its length, but also carries US 71 and LA 28 for some distance also. It follows the original routing of LA 3026 for some distance, as the highway has been extended over time. It also serves as a bypass around the residential areas of Pineville and Tioga.
Construction of the Pineville Expressway began in 1963. It would later be incorporated into US 167. It originally carried four lanes of LA 3026 across the Red River on a lift bridge, carrying the highway along a railroad line, past Louisiana College, and around Pineville to meet US 165.
Later in the 1970s, the Pineville Expressway connected north, bypassing Tioga and ending just south of the Grant Parish line. U.S. 167 and U.S. 71 were rerouted onto this alignment, with the old road through Tioga becoming LA 3225.
The entire highway is in Rapides Parish.
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