Editing Hammond, Louisiana (section)

===Highways===
Part of Hammond's success is due to its location at the junction of two heavily traveled interstate highways:

* [[File:I-12.svg|30px]] [[Interstate 12]], from Baton Rouge to [[Slidell, Louisiana|Slidell]], is a shortcut for [[Interstate 10]] drivers to avoid congestion in New Orleans.
* [[File:I-55.svg|30px]] [[Interstate 55 in Louisiana|Interstate 55]], from [[Laplace, Louisiana|Laplace]] (west of New Orleans) to Chicago, also passes through [[Jackson, Mississippi]], [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], and [[St. Louis]].

Hammond is {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=|sp=us}} from Baton Rouge, {{Convert|46|mi|km|abbr=|sp=us}} from New Orleans, {{convert|89|mi|km}} from [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], and {{convert|125|mi|km|abbr=on}} from Jackson, Mississippi.

Two U.S. highways serve the city:

* [[File:US 51.svg|30px]] [[U.S. Route 51 in Louisiana|U.S. Route 51]] ([[James H. Morrison|Morrison]] Boulevard) splits from I-55 between Hammond and [[Ponchatoula, Louisiana|Ponchatoula]] and parallels I-55 northward through the city's western side. U.S. 51 Business, which follows the original route of U.S. 51, leaves the parent 51 south of Ponchatoula and rejoins it after meeting US 190 in downtown Hammond and forming a concurrency with 190 until it meets US 51.
* [[File:US 190.svg|30px]] [[U.S. Route 190 in Louisiana|U.S. Route 190]] (Thomas Street / Morris Avenue) parallels I-12 and goes east–west through the city's commercial and historic downtown areas.

State highways serving the area include:

* [[File:Louisiana 443 (2008).svg|30px]] [[LA 443]] (Morris Road)
* [[File:Louisiana 1040 (2008).svg|30px]] [[LA 1040]] (Chauvin Drive and Old Baton Rouge Highway)
* [[File:Louisiana 1064 (2008).svg|30px]] [[LA 1064]] (Natalbany Road, River Road)
* [[File:Louisiana 1065 (2008).svg|30px]] [[LA 1065]] (North Cherry Street)
* [[File:Louisiana 1067.svg|30px]] [[LA 1067]] (Old Covington Highway; decommissioned in 2000)
* [[File:Louisiana 1249 (2008).svg|30px]] [[LA 1249]] (Pumpkin Center Road)
* [[File:Louisiana 3158 (2008).svg|30px]] [[LA 3158]] (Airport Road)
* [[File:Louisiana 3234 (2008).svg|30px]] [[LA 3234]] (University Avenue, continuation of Wardline Road, serving Southeastern Louisiana University)
* [[File:Louisiana 3260 (2008).svg|30px]] [[LA 3260]] (West Church Street Extension; decommissioned in 2018)