Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas state line to as far east as Sorrento or Gramercy could be fully open to traffic in both directions at some point Thursday afternoon, Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Joe Donahue said.
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.
Louisiana DOTD officials have closed a large part of interstate 10 due to the icy conditions on the road. DOTD says that I-10 is closed in both directions from the Louisiana-Texas state line to Baton Rouge.
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.
It happened around 10:45 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 17, in St. John the Baptist Parish and the girl’s mother pulled to the side of the road before passing out, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. The parish is about a 30-mile drive northwest from New Orleans.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Safety announced that crews are hoping to open Interstate 10 in sections by 3 p.m. Friday.
Kevin McKay has been working for Pensacola seafood shop, Maria's Fresh Seafood Market, for the past decade. His oyster run Tuesday ended in disaster.
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.
Southern Louisiana can expect a winter weather event the likes of which hasn't been seen since the 1960s with snow accumulations creating "crippling" travel conditions along the Interstate 10 and Interstate 12 corridors, Gov. Jeff Landry and other state ...
A winter storm swept across south Louisiana on Tuesday morning, covering New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette in a layer of snow.