page_title: Louisiana Highway 1077
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Louisiana Highway 1077 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: Madisonville lighthouse viewed from the east (end of LA 1077)
context_page_description: Louisiana Highway 1077 is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana. It runs 20.61 miles in a general north–south direction from a dead end at Lake Pontchartrain in Madisonville to a junction with LA 25 south of Folsom.
  The route traverses the length of Madisonville, a small town in St. Tammany Parish, where it travels along the Tchefuncte River and is partially concurrent with LA 21. Both routes connect Madisonville to Interstate 12, the region's major east–west highway. North of town, LA 1077 crosses US 190 at Goodbee, a point west of Covington. Near the end of its route, LA 1077 abandons its north–south trajectory at the Tangipahoa Parish line and turns east to connect with LA 25. Despite this, the signage for LA 1077 retains north–south directional banners throughout.
  LA 1077 was designated in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, primarily replacing the former State Route 188. In the future, the entire route is proposed for deletion as part of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development's ongoing Road Transfer Program.
context_section_description: From the south, LA 1077 begins at the southern tip of Madisonville where the Tchefuncte River flows into Lake Pontchartrain.  The route heads north on Main Street, closely following the west bank of the river.  Within its first mile, LA 1077 crosses a one-lane bridge spanning a small canal, followed by a narrow two-lane bridge over a bayou.  On its way into town, the highway passes the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum, as well as the local library and town hall.  LA 1077 crosses LA 22 (Mulberry Street) one block west of a swing bridge spanning the Tchefuncte River.  This junction also marks the southern terminus of LA 21, which begins a concurrency with LA 1077.  The combined route zigzags through the center of Madisonville, turning west from Main Street onto St. John Street then northwest onto Covington Street.
  While crossing over Bayou De Zaire, LA 21 and LA 1077 exit the corporate limits.  A short distance later, LA 21 branches to the northeast toward the city of Covington, taking the main flow of traffic with it.  LA 1077 proceeds northward, and over the next three miles (4.8 km), the highway passes Madisonville Elementary School, crosses Brewster Road, and reaches a diamond interchange with I-12 at exit 57.  I-12 connects with Hammond to the west and Slidell to the east.  Shortly afterward, LA 1077 passes through a roundabout intersection with LA 1085 at Archbishop Hannan High School.  The surroundings become sparsely populated north of I-12, as fewer residential subdivisions are visible within the thick pine forest.  At a point known as Goodbee, LA 1077 crosses US 190, which parallels I-12 throughout the North Shore region.
  5.6 miles (9.0 km) later, LA 1077 turns northeast at a T-intersection and begins a concurrency with LA 1078.  The roadway, locally known as Turnpike Road, also continues straight ahead signed as LA 1077 for less than 0.3 miles (0.48 km) until state maintenance ends at the St. Tammany–Tangipahoa parish line.  After crossing the Tchefuncte River and traveling concurrent with LA 1078 for one mile (1.6 km), LA 1077 turns northeast at a T-intersection then east at another T-intersection with North Willie Road.  The route continues eastward until reaching a junction with LA 25 between Folsom and Covington.
caption: The southern terminus of LA 1077 at Lake Pontchartrain is located just east of the Tchefuncte River Lighthouse, a local landmark originally constructed in 1837.
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