Louisiana Highway 3052 (
LA 3052) ran approximately in an east–west direction along what is now
US 90 from a point west of
Gray to a point south of
Raceland. Between the early 1960s and late 1990s, LA 3052 was used as a temporary designation for the relocation of
US 167 from
Opelousas to
Lafayette and US 90 from Lafayette to Raceland. In its final incarnation, LA 3052 began at an interchange with
LA 311 at what is now Exit 200 on US 90. It proceeded east through an interchange with
LA 24 in Gray and crossed from
Terrebonne Parish into
Lafourche Parish at an interchange with
LA 316. LA 3052 ended at an interchange with US 90 and
LA 3198 (now
LA 182) south of Raceland. It was a four-lane
controlled-access highway for its entire length. In the early 1960s, construction began on the first project that would eventually relocate US 90 and US 167 onto a new four-lane alignment between Opelousas and Raceland. The new route was built as LA 3052 and became part of US 90 and US 167 as various sections were completed. At the same time, LA 182 was extended to cover the old alignment. The first section between Opelousas and
Sunset opened about 1962. Once the highway was extended to Lafayette three years later, it became part of US 167, now upgraded to a freeway as part of
I-49. At the same time, the section from Lafayette to
Broussard was opened and soon became part of US 90. Between the late 1960s and early 1980s, the relocation of US 90 was extended in stages from Broussard to
Morgan City. In 1978, the Raceland bypass was completed. Its extension west to Gray around 1983 remained as LA 3052 for over twenty years until the final section east from Morgan City was opened about 1997. ==Louisiana Highway 3054==