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Highway 1 to Port Fourchon: Vulnerability of a Critical Link for U.S. Oil
Highway 1 in southern Louisiana is the only road to Port Fourchon, whose infrastructure supports 18% of the
nation’s oil and 90% of the nation’s offshore oil and gas production. Flooding is becoming more common on Highway 1
in Leeville (inset photo from flooding in 2004), on the way to Port Fourchon. See also Ch. 25: Coasts, Figure
25.5. (Figure and photo sources: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development; State of Louisiana 2012
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