Louisiana Highway 76

Louisiana Highway 76
Route of LA 76 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length	25.516 mi[1] (41.064 km)
Existed	1955 renumbering–present
Major junctions
West end	LA 77 in Maringouin
Major intersections	LA 3000 north of Ramah LA 77 in Rosedale LA 415 west of Port Allen
East end	LA 1 / LA 987-4 in Port Allen
Location
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parishes	Iberville, West Baton Rouge
Highway system
Louisiana State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← LA 75 → LA 77

Louisiana Highway 76 (LA 76) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana. It runs 25.52 miles (41.07 km) in a general east–west direction from LA 77 in Maringouin to the junction of LA 1 and LA 987-4 in Port Allen.

The route initially heads south from Maringouin alongside the bayou of the same name before turning east through the village of Rosedale. This portion of LA 76 makes a loop off of LA 77 and connects the two communities to Interstate 10 (I-10) via LA 3000 at Ramah. East of Rosedale, LA 76 crosses from Iberville Parish into West Baton Rouge Parish and parallels I-10 into Port Allen, the parish seat. The east–west portion of LA 76 is also signed as an Incident Alternate Route of I-10.

LA 76 was designated in the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering, essentially replacing State Route 998 and State Route 142 west of Rosedale, as well as short portions of State Route 1, State Route 7, and State Route 30 between Rosedale and Port Allen. This latter stretch had served as part of the Jefferson Highway auto trail, as well as U.S. Highways 71 and 190 before the completion of the Huey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi River in 1940.