According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development, emergency roadwork will have I-10 eastbound down to one lane for the next two weekends near Henderson.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL News) - Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development officials are asking drivers to use an alternate route as an emergency bridge inspection will cause crews to implement a traffic closure on the Interstate 10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge on Monday afternoon...
I really got to thinking that instead of a new I-10 bridge in Lake Charles, maybe WE just build a giant ramp across the Calcasieu River and let people take a chance on it.
With fines doubling under a new Atchafalaya Basin Bridge speeding law that recently went into effect, motorists are on higher alert in more ways than one.
The governor has signed into law a bill that will factor driving time into speeding tickets for violators traveling on the Interstate 10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.
Senate President Page Cortez's bill would mean that drivers who cross the bridge in less than 18 minutes could receive a speeding ticket in the mail, basing the ticket on how fast it takes a vehicle to get from one end of the bridge to the other instead of the miles per hour the vehicle was traveling.
Lafayette-based state senator Paige Cortez has introduced a bill that would raise speeding tickets on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge by five times the current amount.