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Signing up with Louisiana 511

1. Visit Louisiana 511 and select ‘Sign Up’ from the menu options in the top right corner.
2. Enter your name, email, and create a password. Click ‘Sign Up’ when done.
3. Verify your account by following the link that was sent to your email.
4. If you signed up with a phone number, you will also receive an SMS (text) with your confirmation code. Please note that this is only to confirm your mobile number for receiving text notifications and that you must first sign up your account in step 3 before you can verify your phone number. You can verify your phone number here

Creating & Saving a Customized Route

1. Log in to Louisiana 511.
2. Enter your start and end locations by typing the addresses into the address fields. Alternatively, you may also right click on the map, select a location from the available options, and select whether the location will be the start or end of your trip. Once you have entered the route locations, click ‘Drive’.
3. Review the routes generated and select the one that suits you best. If none of the routes provided are satisfactory, you can select the route on the map and drag it accordingly.
4. When done, enter a name for your route and click ‘Save’. You will be presented with the option to create a notification for the route you just created.

Creating a Notification for your Route

1. Log in to Louisiana 511.
2. In the Manage My Routes table, find the route that you previously saved that you would like to create a notification for and click ‘Create Route Notification’.
3. You will be redirected to the route notification creation page. Enter the required information for your route, select a delivery option (email or SMS), and click ‘Save’.
4. You will now be notified of any future events that affect your route.

Creating Advisory Notification

1. Log in to Louisiana 511.
2. Click on the 'My Advisory Notification' tab on the left.
3. Fill the required fields and click 'Subscribe to Emergency Advisory'.

Note: Emergency Advisories are any major event in Louisiana that may affect your saved routes.

Setting Map Preferences

1. Log in to Louisiana 511.
2. Simply select the information you would like displayed by default on the map.
3. Click ‘Save’ when done.

Saving & Editing Cameras

1. Sign in to Louisiana 511.
2. Select the cameras checkbox in the map legend.
3. Select a camera by clicking the camera icon and click ‘My Cameras’ button.  Select the camera view you want the camera to be added to.  Create a custom camera view by clicking ‘New Camera View’.
4. To view and edit your saved cameras, go to My Cameras.
5. In Manage My Cameras page, click on the ‘Manage Camera Views’ to add, modify or delete a camera view.
6. To enter a custom nickname for your saved camera, simply type your desired nickname into the camera nickname field.

Modifying route to avoid closure

Click on the route segment near the closure and drag the waypoint away from the closure.  More than one waypoint may be needed to avoid the closure.