I-49 S of Lafayette to Belle Chase, LA?
Trying to see if anyone has traveled south of Lafayette, LA on I-49 around to Belle Chase, LA? We are headed that way the end of March, and really don't like the washboard on I-10 headed east. Are t...
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This is the future I-49 corridor / Hwy 90 it is slowly being raised to interstate standards, most is already divided 4 lane highway with few traffic lights. The worst part about it is lots of stop and go traffic on beat up surface streets for the first couple of miles after you exit I-10, once you get 5-10 miles south of Lafayette things get much better.
There are a couple of tourist attractions you might consider that are close to this route
3 that come to mind, The Tabasco factory tour at Avery Island (it is a bit of a drive down a dead end highway to get there though), Rip Van Winkle Gardens (good restaurant on site there, but limited hours, not far off the route), it is very near the edge of the Vermillion bay so they can grow lots of tropical plants you don't normally expect to see on the gulf coast. Also if you are hungry and like home style Cajun food stop in at Landry's cajun seafood in New Iberia (no relation to the Landry's national chain of fake cajun food) at the intersection of 90 and La 675 (the corner you turn at to go to Rip Van Winkle gardens), just watch the trees on the driveway, you might be able to park at the service entrance in back though.
p.s. taking this route you get to avoid all those 2-3 hour long traffic jams that tend to plague the Baton Rouge area so much these days (post Katrina Baton Rouge had a major population growth from displaced businesses out of New Orleans, but has had no upgrade to the road system).
There are a couple of tourist attractions you might consider that are close to this route
3 that come to mind, The Tabasco factory tour at Avery Island (it is a bit of a drive down a dead end highway to get there though), Rip Van Winkle Gardens (good restaurant on site there, but limited hours, not far off the route), it is very near the edge of the Vermillion bay so they can grow lots of tropical plants you don't normally expect to see on the gulf coast. Also if you are hungry and like home style Cajun food stop in at Landry's cajun seafood in New Iberia (no relation to the Landry's national chain of fake cajun food) at the intersection of 90 and La 675 (the corner you turn at to go to Rip Van Winkle gardens), just watch the trees on the driveway, you might be able to park at the service entrance in back though.
p.s. taking this route you get to avoid all those 2-3 hour long traffic jams that tend to plague the Baton Rouge area so much these days (post Katrina Baton Rouge had a major population growth from displaced businesses out of New Orleans, but has had no upgrade to the road system).
