Interstate 610 (Louisiana)

Interstate 610
Route of I-610 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Louisiana DOTD
Length:	4.919 mi (7.916 km)
Existed:	1956 – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-10 at Metairie–New Orleans line
	US 90 in New Orleans
East end:	I-10 in New Orleans
Location
Parishes:	Jefferson, Orleans
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Louisiana Highway System Interstate US State ← LA 609 LA 610 →

Interstate 610 (abbreviated I-610) is a 4.92-mile-long (7.92 km) auxiliary route of Interstate 10 that lies almost entirely within the city limits of New Orleans, Louisiana, bypassing its Central Business District.

From the west, I-610 begins at the Jefferson–Orleans parish line, also the line between unincorporated Metairie and the city of New Orleans. Initially a four-lane freeway, I-610 branches off of I-10 at exit 230 as it crosses over the 17th Street Canal into the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. While I-10 swings southward toward the Central Business District via the Pontchartrain Expressway, I-610 heads due east through a partial cloverleaf interchange (exit 1A) connecting with the one-way couplet of West End Boulevard and Pontchartrain Boulevard. This interchange also serves to connect westbound I-610 to eastbound I-10. Immediately to the east, exit 1A also encompasses a tight diamond interchange with Canal Boulevard, a divided north–south thoroughfare in Lakeview.