Louisiana Highway 52 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 St. Charles Parish

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

St. Charles Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Hahnville. In 2010, its population was 52,780. In the eighteenth and nineteenth century, this was part of the German Coast, an area along the Mississippi River settled by numerous German pioneers in the...

. It spans a total of 2.73 miles (4.4 km) in a south to north direction. It is known locally as Paul Maillard Road.

Route description

LA 52 begins at an intersection with US 90

U.S. Route 90

U.S. Route 90 is an east–west United States highway. Despite the "0" in its route number, U.S. 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route; it has always ended at Van Horn, Texas. A short-lived northward extension to U.S...

 and LA 633

Louisiana Highway 633

Louisiana Highway 633 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Charles Parish. It spans a total of in a south to north direction. It is known locally as Magnolia Ridge Road.-Route description:...

 in Boutte

Boutte, Louisiana

Boutte is a census-designated place in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,181 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Boutte is located at ....

. It immediately intersects with LA 631

Louisiana Highway 631

Louisiana Highway 631 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Lafourche and St. Charles Parishes. It spans a total of from west to east. It is known locally as the Old Spanish Trail.-Route description:...

 (Old Spanish Trail

Old Spanish Trail

Old Spanish Trail may refer to:*Old Spanish Trail , connecting Santa Fe, New Mexico with Los Angeles, California in the 19th century...

) after crossing the railroad tracks. It ends at an intersection with LA 18

Louisiana Highway 18

Louisiana Highway 18 is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Ascension, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, and Jefferson Parishes. Called the Great River Road, it runs from west to east, parallel to the west bank of the Mississippi River, running from Donaldsonville to Gretna. It...

  (River Road).

LA 52 is an undivided, two-lane highway for its entire length.

History

LA 52 is part of the original route of US 90 (also LA 2 before the 1955 renumbering) and before that, the Old Spanish Trail highway. Both US 90 and the Old Spanish Trail headed east on LA 18 from the northern end of LA 52. They headed west on LA 631 (still called Old Spanish Trail) from the southern end of LA 52.

Major junctions