The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.
Truckers who move goods across hundreds of miles of Louisiana highway must make their own calculus in the face of a snowstorm.
Interstate 10, including the highrise, twin spans and bonnet carre spillway in New Orleans metro to slidell are now open, DOTD and NOPD says.
The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare winter storm brought record snowfall to the state on Tuesday.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announces that due to deteriorating road conditions as a result of Winter Storm Enzo, Interstate 10 i
Florida late on Wednesday closed a more than 200-mile stretch of Interstate 10 from the Alabama state line to Exit 192, the U.S. 90 junction, in Gadsden County “due to remaining snow, ice, and water on the roadway combined with incoming hard freeze temperatures overnight resulting in icy and dangerous conditions on bridges and roadways.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Safety announced that crews are hoping to open Interstate 10 in sections by 3 p.m. Friday.
NOPD said that after lifting the box truck out of the water, divers discovered that another vehicle was not in the water.
A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.
Landry said snow and ice will create treacherous travel conditions in regions where there are accumulations and plunging temperatures could create water pressure and delivery problems throughout the state.
State officials also reopened I-10 eastbound at U.S. 61 in Ascension Parish, and according to Louisiana's 511 traffic website, all parts of Interstate 10 were open in the state as of 4 p.m. The ...
(The Center Square) – After a historic winter storm hit the Interstate 10 corridor on Tuesday, parts of the vital east-west artery remain closed due to icy road conditions in both Louisiana and ...