 The last section of gravel road, located between Grand Chenier and Pecan Island, was hard surfaced around 1967.The last ferry service on the Vermilion Parish portion of the highway was discontinued when a bridge was completed across the Schooner Bayou Canal (or Old Intracoastal Waterway) in 1965.In 1976, the original movable bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway at Forked Island was replaced with the current high-level fixed span.