 The modern route bypassing New Roads and crossing the Mississippi River by bridge to US 61 at Starhill did not exist during the pre-1955 era.East of the Mississippi River, the pre-1955 state highway designations consist of State Route 3 from Starhill to St. Francisville; State Route 35 to Fluker; State Routes 33 and 35 concurrently from Fluker to Arcola; State Route 302 to Richardson; State Route 137 to the modern junction with LA 16 / LA 25 west of Franklinton; State Routes 34 and 35 concurrently into Franklinton; and State Route 35 for the remainder of the distance to the Mississippi state line east of Bogalusa.All of the above highway routes were designated by acts of the state legislature between 1921 and 1928.