Midway Drive-In
212 Briley Avenue,
Opelousas,
LA
70570
212 Briley Avenue,
Opelousas,
LA
70570
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The Midway Drive-In was opened a few months after the Yam Drive-In on September 21, 1950 with Henry Fonda in “Trail of the Lonesome Pine”. It remained in competition with the Yam Drive-In until the owner of the Yam Drive-In purchased it and closed it on August 27, 1957 with Charlton Heston in “Three Violent People” & Cary Grant in “An Affair to Remember”.
Advertisements in its final months were for ‘Adults Only’ films, indicating that it had lost the competition with the Yam Drive-In.
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Uploaded photos of pages from the Opelousas Daily World with ads for the Midway; one for standard fare, one for adults.
You cannot read the ads very good..
The address is: Midway Exit Drive & Tulane Ave Opelousas, LA 70570
GPS:30.571007, -92.076618
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The address was 212 Briley Ave, Opelousas, LA. The drive-in was located north of Opelousas. A 1969 aerial shows the drive-in demolished. I’m pretty sure this is the drive-in since the exit road is now called “Midway Exit Drive”.
The drive-in was somewhat unusual as a row of houses sat between the entrance and the HWY 182. So technically, the entrance address would be at the end of Briley Avenue and not from the highway itself.
Today, a business sits on the property with no trace left.
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It actually opened almost exactly a month after the Yam opened, with the Midway Drive-In opened on September 24, 1950 with a rerelease of “Trail Of The Lonesome Pine”.
Closed August 27, 1957 with a double feature of “Three Violent People” and “An Affair to Remember" after being unable to resist a sweet deal by the operators of the Yam. It was demolished along with the Inn in front of it and later replaced by an insecticide factory.