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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana designates memorial bridge and highway in Shreveport and Caddo Parish
Last action · May 15, 2026: Effective date: 08/01/2026.Sponsors: Joy Walters and 1 other
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana renames a portion of Interstate 220 as the American Legion Post No. 14 Memorial Bridge and designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 173 as the Dr. Harry Blake, Sr. Memorial Highway, effective August 1, 2026.
Changes only the official honorary designations of specific roadway segments in Caddo Parish; no funding or service changes are stated, and new signage requires local or private funding.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Transportation and Development
The department is directed to erect and maintain signage for the newly designated memorial routes upon receiving local or private funds.
Caddo Parish motorists
Drivers will encounter new memorial signage along Interstate 220 and Louisiana Highway 173.
Key Facts
- The elevated portion of Interstate 220 from South Lakeshore Drive to Hilry Huckaby III Avenue is redesignated as the 'American Legion Post No. 14 Memorial Bridge'.
- The portion of Louisiana Highway 173 from the intersection of Elder St. and North Holtzman Avenue to Common St. is designated as the 'Dr. Harry Blake, Sr. Memorial Highway'.
- The Department of Transportation and Development must erect and maintain signage for the bridge only if local or private monies are received, not to exceed $2,250 per sign.
- The Department of Transportation and Development must erect and maintain signage for the highway only if local or private monies are received, not to exceed $750 per sign.
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- The act becomes effective on August 1, 2026.
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Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
22 actions- May 15, 2026HouseEnrolledSigned by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 124.
- May 15, 2026HouseEffective date: 08/01/2026.
- May 13, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- May 13, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 12, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 11, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 96, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
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- May 7, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/11/2026.
- Apr 28, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateFloorSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- Apr 21, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- Apr 20, 2026SenateFloorCommittee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- Apr 15, 2026SenateReported with amendments.
- Mar 25, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Mar 24, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Mar 24, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Mar 23, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 03/24/2026.
- Mar 18, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 17, 2026HouseReported with amendments (10-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 13, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.
- Feb 13, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/13/2026.
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