Roadblock to interstate: How LC overcame a fiscal gridlock to build I-10 - American Press

Roadblock to interstate: How LC overcame a fiscal gridlock to build I-10 - American Press

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a four-part series. A Lake Charles Expressway on the northern edge of the city that was first opposed in 1950 eventually opened in 1963 as part of the Interstate 10 highway system through the city. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act (also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act) into law on June 29, 1956. The American Press reported on Feb. 3, 1950, that Lake Ch…