Campus
The campus of Louisiana Tech University is located in Ruston, Louisiana. The major roads that border or intersect the Tech campus are Tech Drive, California Avenue, Alabama Avenue, and Railroad Avenue. Interstate 20 and U.S. Highways 80 and 167 are located within one mile (1.6 km) of the Main Campus. In addition, a set of railroad tracks operated by Kansas City Southern Railway bisects the campus near Railroad Avenue.
The portion of the Main Campus located west of Tech Drive and north of the railroad include all of the university's major athletic facilities except for J.C. Love Field. The land east of Tech Drive and north of the railroad include the Lambright Intramural Center, J.C. Love Field, and the University Park Apartments. Most of the older residence halls are located near California Avenue and along Tech Drive south of the railroad tracks. The older part of the Main Campus is located south of Railroad Avenue. The proposed Enterprise Campus will be located on a 50-acre (200,000 m2) plot of land east of Homer Street and bordering the oldest part of the Main Campus.
In addition to the Main Campus, Louisiana Tech also has 474 acres (1.92 km2) of land located on the South Campus, 167 acres (0.68 km2) of farm land west of the Main Campus, 603 acres (2.44 km2) of forest land in Winn, Natchitoches, and Union Parishes, 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land in Shreveport, a 44-acre (180,000 m2) golf course in Lincoln Parish, 14 acres (57,000 m2) of land for an arboretum west of the Main Campus, and a Flight Operations Center at the Ruston Municipal Airport.
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