History
Prior to 1972, LA 3154 was designated as LA 611-12 and followed Hickory Avenue from LA 48 (Jefferson Highway) to U.S. 61 (Airline Highway, now Airline Drive). Work began in 1974 to construct a railroad overpass on Hickory Avenue and an interchange with the future Earhart Expressway. The result, opened in December 1975, was a four-lane bypass around Hickory Avenue between Airline Highway and Citrus Road that was named Dickory Avenue. Almost two decades later, Dickory Avenue was slightly extended across Citrus Boulevard, providing better access to the Elmwood Business Park. In 2003, a further extension continued the road to its present terminus just south of 9th Street, providing another route into the Elmwood Business Park via an extension of Mounes Street. Plans to extend the road to Jefferson Highway have not yet been completed, and a series of connector streets shift traffic onto the older Hickory Avenue for the remainder of the distance.
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