| Long Distance bike riding across Louisiana can be a | | | | Hwy.This road is well maintained and will take us right |
| fun proposition and quite challenging. Depending on | | | | out of Shreveport safely and across the 220 Loop |
| what time of the year you go there can also be a lot | | | | without incident about 5 miles and we are warmed |
| of pesky Mosquitoes too. One route is to take | | | | up for our ride and out of town riding thru beautiful |
| Shreveport to Vicksburg, Mississippi and as a crow | | | | Louisiana. Then it is an easy ride to Minden, LA about |
| flies it is about 175 miles, but remember we are riding | | | | another 21.5 miles or so and then Hwy 79 cuts off |
| a bike.The I-20 is about 178 miles and a straight shot, | | | | and goes to Claireborne, LA another nice ride to a |
| but remember we are not a car and cannot ride on | | | | place with a lot of nice folks, but we will remain on |
| the Freeway, nor would you want to. Another route | | | | the Hwy 80 at this point. After about 8 miles the |
| would be to Orange, TX at the border to Waveland, | | | | Highway dips under I-20 for about another 28 miles |
| Mississippi and that is about 265 plus the extra 15 | | | | into Ruston, LA.This rounds out 61 miles for a good |
| miles into Mississippi on Hwy 90 or you could choose | | | | breaking point and then we continue on Hwy 80 to |
| a pick-up like the big rest stop and vistor’s | | | | Monroe, LA for 20 miles and then staying on Hwy 80 |
| center just over the border.For all practical purposed | | | | we travel once again out of town to Tallulah driving |
| 265 is a lot of miles and could easily take you into | | | | thru the towns of Rayville, Holy Ridge, Dunn and |
| nightfall when the bugs are biting at their worst, so | | | | Delhi. This is about 60 miles. Next we take a quick |
| lets re-look at the Northern Route to cross the state | | | | breather and then a nice 20-mile ride into Mississippi |
| and consider the 178 plus journey shall we? We will | | | | cross over the Mississippi River Bridge into Vicksburg. |
| start out at one the River Casino or I actually | | | | Excellent work! On this leg of our journey biking |
| recommend the Science Port Discovery Center down | | | | across America.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank |
| the street from the Expo Center and then go North | | | | forum board. |
| one mile to Texas Ave, which is also the 79/80 | | | | |