Louisiana Highway 38

Louisiana Highway 38
Route of LA 38 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length	48.573 mi[1] (78.171 km)
Existed	1955 renumbering–present
Major junctions
West end	LA 10 in Coleman Town
Major intersections	LA 43 in Easleyville I-55 in Kentwood US 51 in Kentwood LA 25 in Clifton
East end	LA 430 south of Hackley
Location
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parishes	St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington
Highway system
Louisiana State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← LA 37 → LA 39
← SR 70 SR 71 → SR 72

Louisiana Highway 38 (LA 38) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana. It runs 48.57 miles (78.17 km) in an east–west direction from LA 10 in Coleman Town to LA 430 south of Hackley.

The route traverses the rural pine forests in three of the state's Florida Parishes, crossing three rivers along the way: the Tickfaw, Tangipahoa, and Bogue Chitto. LA 38 runs north of the parallel LA 10 and encounters only two populated areas of significance: the town of Kentwood in Tangipahoa Parish and the small unincorporated community of Mount Hermon in Washington Parish. In Kentwood, the highway intersects both Interstate 55 (I-55) and U.S. Highway 51 (US 51).

LA 38 was designated in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, replacing the former State Route 71. It also absorbed the former State Route 262-D on its east end and a portion of State Route 1223 on its west end to connect with the cross-state LA 10 near Chipola.