Louisiana Highway 445 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in Louisiana

Louisiana

Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

 that serves Tangipahoa Parish

Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Tangipahoa Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. The parish seat is Amite City, but the major city is Hammond. As of 2006, the population was 113,137...

. It spans 27.9 miles (44.9 km) in a south to north direction. Near its north end, it is known as Husser Road.

Route description

From the south, LA 445 begins near Lee's Landing. It heads north and intersects LA 22

Louisiana Highway 22

Louisiana Highway 22 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Livingston, and Ascension Parishes. It spans in a rough east/west direction and is bannered in each cardinal direction ....

 and turns eastward to follow it for about a half-mile before turning back north. The highway heads toward the community of Robert

Robert, Louisiana

Robert is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies east of Hammond, at the intersection of US 190 and LA 445, from which it has a signed exit on Interstate 12...

, crossing Sims Creek

Sims Creek

Sims Creek is a tributary of the Tangipahoa River in the 8th Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. It flows generally southeast from near Robert, and is joined about halfway down its course by its longest tributary, P-Kaw-Shun Creek, which begins north of Lorraine and flows southwest, passing...

 and then intersecting (overpassing) I-12 at a folded-diamond interchange (Exit 47). At Robert, LA 445 and US 190

U.S. Route 190

U.S. Route 190, also known as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, is an east–west United States highway in Louisiana and Texas. It evolved from the shortest of intrastate routes in 1926 to a length comparable to a main Interstate Highway route, leading from the swamps and pine forests of...

 cross at a traffic signal. Continuing northward, LA 445 meets LA 40 (which it overlaps for about one mile) near Uneedus and passes along the eastern boundary of the Zemurray Gardens Lodge Complex. After a northwestward jog, LA 445 meets LA 1062

Louisiana Highway 1062

Louisiana Highway 1062 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Tangipahoa Parish. It spans in a southwest to northeast direction. Near its northeastern end, it is also known as Neal Road.-Route description:...

 near Husser. At that point, the road turns back northward (becoming Husser Road) until it ends at LA 16

Louisiana Highway 16

Louisiana Highway 16 is a state highway in Louisiana. It runs from west to east for .-Route description:From the east, LA 16 begins in Sun at a junction with LA 21 and heads west northwest into Washington Parish. At an intersection with LA 60, LA 16 turns north-northwest towards Franklinton, where...

 east of Amite.

LA 445 is an undivided, two-lane highway for its entire length with exception of the on-off ramps, left turn lanes, and traffic island

Traffic island

A traffic island is a solid or painted object in a road that channelises traffic. It can also be a narrow strip of island between roads that intersect at an acute angle. If the island uses road markings only, without raised kerbs or other physical obstructions, it is called a painted island...

s at the I-12 interchange and at certain other intersections.

Junction list

Parish	Location	Mile	Junction	Notes
Tangipahoa Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana Tangipahoa Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. The parish seat is Amite City, but the major city is Hammond. As of 2006, the population was 113,137...	Lee's Landing	Southern terminus of LA 445
		0.00	Begin State Maintenance at Lee's Landing
		2.5	LA 22 Louisiana Highway 22 Louisiana Highway 22 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Livingston, and Ascension Parishes. It spans in a rough east/west direction and is bannered in each cardinal direction ....	LA 22 departs to the west
		Begin concurrency
		3.2	LA 22 Louisiana Highway 22 Louisiana Highway 22 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Livingston, and Ascension Parishes. It spans in a rough east/west direction and is bannered in each cardinal direction ....	LA 22 departs to the east
		End concurrency
	Robert Robert, Louisiana Robert is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies east of Hammond, at the intersection of US 190 and LA 445, from which it has a signed exit on Interstate 12...	6.3	I-12	Exit 47/Folded Diamond Interchange
		8.2	US 190 U.S. Route 190 U.S. Route 190, also known as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, is an east–west United States highway in Louisiana and Texas. It evolved from the shortest of intrastate routes in 1926 to a length comparable to a main Interstate Highway route, leading from the swamps and pine forests of...
	Uneedus	16.0	LA 40	LA 40 departs to the west
		Begin concurrency
		17.0	LA 40	LA 40 departs to the east
		End concurrency
	Husser	20.8	LA 1062 Louisiana Highway 1062 Louisiana Highway 1062 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Tangipahoa Parish. It spans in a southwest to northeast direction. Near its northeastern end, it is also known as Neal Road.-Route description:...  (Neal Road)	Northeastern terminus of LA 1062
		27.9	LA 16 Louisiana Highway 16 Louisiana Highway 16 is a state highway in Louisiana. It runs from west to east for .-Route description:From the east, LA 16 begins in Sun at a junction with LA 21 and heads west northwest into Washington Parish. At an intersection with LA 60, LA 16 turns north-northwest towards Franklinton, where...
		Northern terminus of LA 445