The intersection of Highway 51 (Veterans Highway) and West Pine Street (Highway 22) is a bustling location today. This is now a T-section, as the Ponchatoula Cemetery is immediately south of Highway 22. In earlier years, the highway from Hammond curved to the west towards Springfield and curved east towards the town of Ponchatoula.In the 1920s and 1930s, this intersection had a nickname....
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