Road work set on Hwy. 21 through Bogalusa

If you've driven Sullivan Drive (Highway 21) through Bogalusa anytime in the past couple of weeks, you may have noticed orange markings on the curbs and the roadway.

Highway markings just to the
west of the Hwy. 10/21 intersection.
(Photo by John H. Walker)

That's because a patching project is getting ready to begin, starting at the intersection of Highway 21 and Highway 10, in the next couple of weeks.

"We're going in and are going to patch some rough spots," said Tommy Hemphill, Louisiana DOTD engineer in Franklinton.

"We'll start at (Highway) 10 and work south," he explained.

Along the way, any place you see orange marks around a rough spot on the roadway, it will be dug out, a new base laid and the spot patched to eliminate the damaged highway.

"We should get started in the next couple of weeks, and it should take us three or four months to get everything fixed," Hemphill said.

Hemphill also noted that "some preliminary work" is being done in preparation for an upcoming overlay project on Highway 1075, which begins at the intersection of Avenue F and West 10th Street and continues 7.44 miles south until it intersects with La. 21.

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