Louisiana I-49 Speeding Ticket Lawyer

By Stephen Babcock, Babcock Partners, LLC

If your ticket gives an I-49 exit rather than a town you recognize, start with the court and deadline printed on it. Our Louisiana traffic lawyers review citations from the Lafayette interchange through central Louisiana and north of Shreveport. Send us the whole ticket so we can explain the options for your driving record and whether you need to return.

Our attorney’s-fee promise. If we accept your speeding-ticket case and obtain neither a non-moving amendment nor a dismissal, we refund your full attorney’s fee. Court fines and costs are separate. Read what our fee covers.

Which part of Interstate 49 is on the ticket?

Lafayette, Sunset and Opelousas

I-49 meets I-10 in Lafayette, in Lafayette Parish. North toward Sunset, Grand Coteau and Opelousas, use the St. Landry Parish guide. The town named on an exit can refer to a connecting road. Let us know if the ticket says US 167 or US 190 instead of I-49. For an I-10 citation at the Lafayette interchange, see the I-10 speeding ticket guide.

Between Opelousas and Alexandria

This stretch passes through Evangeline Parish and Avoyelles Parish before continuing into Rapides Parish. If “Bunkie exit” is the only landmark you recall, don’t guess at the court. The officer’s mile marker or location entry is more helpful than a nearby mailing address. Around Woodworth or Alexandria, include the intersecting highway if it appears on the ticket.

Natchitoches and DeSoto Parish

I-49 runs west of the city of Natchitoches. A stop near the LA 6 exit belongs in a different part of the route from a stop near the US 84 approach to Mansfield. The Natchitoches Parish and DeSoto Parish guides explain the local courts. If your ticket or later notice names a district or city court, send the document with that heading visible.

Two separate I-49 segments in Shreveport

In Caddo Parish, the southern segment ends at I-20 in Shreveport. The northern segment starts at I-220 and heads toward Arkansas. I-49 is not continuous between those two interchanges. If you changed roads in Shreveport, the highway on the citation matters more than the highway you used for most of the trip.

What if the court is hours from home?

If you are back in Arkansas or at the other end of Louisiana, send any hearing notice before making travel plans. We can ask whether you have to appear in person, identify the deadline and tell you what we can handle on your behalf. If the date has already passed, tell us that first so we can review the current status.

What are we trying to accomplish by reviewing your ticket?

For many drivers the concern is the moving violation on their record. We review the speed, limit and other listed charges, explain whether a non-moving amendment or dismissal is available to pursue, and discuss any proposed terms with you. If you hold a CDL, tell us which vehicle you were driving. We consider personal-vehicle tickets for CDL holders only.

Send a clear image of the citation, front and back if the officer wrote on both sides. You do not need to know the parish before calling us. The location, court and date on the ticket are the place to start.

Find another location in our Louisiana parish and city directory.

Route references: Shreveport I-49 Inner-City Connector project history and Louisiana DOTD parish maps.