Road Network Shapefile for Orleans Parish, Louisiana

A geographic shapefile containing all road and path features for Orleans Parish, Louisiana, extracted from the U.S. Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER System. The data includes primary roads, local streets, alleys, bike paths, and pedestrian walkways, forming a seamless national file without overlaps.

Use Cases

• Map road network connectivity and analyze street density using the MTFCC feature classification codes for different road types.
• Perform spatial joins for address geocoding by leveraging the street centerline geometry and address range attributes.
• Support transportation planning by identifying all vehicular trails, ramps, and service drives within the parish.

Strengths

• Data is part of the national MAF/TIGER System, designed as a seamless file with no overlaps or gaps.
• Comprehensive coverage of road types, including private service roads, bike paths, and pedestrian stairways.

Limitations

• Specific row count, file size, and temporal coverage for the parish extract are not provided.
• As a single county extract, national or regional analysis requires combining multiple standalone shapefiles.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Collection Method

Extracted from the Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System.

Freshness

Last updated on December 26, 2025.

Geography

Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States.