Cloutierville / Natchitoches Parish
Crews began a project to realign two sections of Louisiana Highway 495 near Cloutierville on November 9 after embankment slides undermined the road, Louisiana DOTD reported November 12.
The $1.3 million project is expected to take about four months, depending on weather and other construction factors. Work sites are 1.2 and 2.1 miles north of the highway’s southern junction with LA 1.
The northern site was already closed to through traffic. DOTD says through passage will remain blocked during construction, with local access maintained between the sites. Northbound traffic detours via LA 1 north; southbound traffic uses LA 1 south, returning to LA 495.
In an October 27, 2025 update, DOTD said an emergency closure on LA 495 near Cloutierville had begun in 2019 because of an embankment slide. The agency then described realignment away from Cane River as being in design and right of way acquisition.
Regional Construction, LLC will perform clearing, excavation, embankment work and paving for the new alignment.