 Paving was completed between Perry and Abbeville around 1946 and between Esther and Perry shortly before the 1955 renumbering.The route remained largely the same during the pre-1955 era other than a sharp zigzag that was smoothed out just north of Little Bayou during the early 1930s.However, the highway crossed the Vermilion River in Perry at a different location just downstream from the present span.