(240 km/h). Geography Port Fourchon is a short distance off Louisiana Highway 1 (LA 1), the road to Grand Isle, via Louisiana Highway 3090. It is the southernmost point of Louisiana accessible by automobile. As a critical infrastructure of national significance, LA 1 provides a vital link to Port Fourchon. As of mid-2008, $350 million from state bonds and federal assistance has been budgeted to begin replacing a 17-mile (27-km) stretch of LA 1, the road into Port Fourchon, because that part of the highway is not inside the hurricane levee system that protects inland communities, and the highway is prone to flooding from storm surge, even from tropical cyclones some distance away. The replacement will be an elevated highway that can stand up to a major storm and remain open even if the land around it floods. A seven-mile (11-km) section of the project from Leeville to Port Fourchon, including a higher bridge across Bayou Lafourche, is under construction and scheduled for completion in 2011; this segment will be funded by tolls. The bridge over Bayou Lafourche, funded by tolls, opened July 8, 2009. Funds have not been secured for the segment between Golden Meadow and Leeville. See also Louisiana International Gulf Transfer Terminal Regional Center Port of New Orleans References External links Greater Lafourche Port Commission website Directions and info to the beach on lafishmag.com Unincorporated communities in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Port cities and towns of the United States Gulf Coast Unincorporated communities in Houma – Thibodaux metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Louisiana Populated coastal places in Louisiana Ports of the Gulf of Mexico