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LA-1 runs through South Lafourche Prish along Bayou Lafourche, past the levee walls and floodgates at Golden Meadow, and all the way to Port Fourchon. Seven miles of LA-1, from Leeville to Port Fourchon, are elevated to withstand flooding. The remaining eight miles, from Golden Meadow to Leeville, are level with the Bayou, and remain vulnerable to frequent flooding. Image by NOAA climate.gov team based on NASA Aqua satellite image from April 25, 2010, and Landsat data from November 11, 2011, courtesy the USGS GLOVIS website.