Interstate 10 in the Baton Rouge metro area reopened to both eastbound and westbound traffic Thursday afternoon, the Department of Transportation and Development announced.
I-10 east from Gramercy in the Baton Rouge area to the Mississippi state line has remained closed since Tuesday after 10 inches of snow dropped on the New Orleans area. Officials have made strides in opening most of the city's other major roadways, but were still working to clear off ice from the popular thoroughfare.
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.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the state is facing potential record snowfall that could close Mississippi River bridges from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
A winter storm hit south Louisiana on Tuesday, covering New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette with snow. The storm has closed highways, roads, and schools, disrupting the state’s economy, The Center Square reports.
Interstate 10 from the Baton Rouge metro area to the Louisiana-Texas state line reopened to both eastbound and westbound traffic Thursday afternoon, the Department of Transportation and ...
Louisiana DOTD officials have closed a large part of interstate 10 due to the icy conditions ... from the Louisiana-Texas state line to Baton Rouge. Officials are encouraging you to avoid ...
Truckers who move goods across hundreds of miles of Louisiana highway must make their own calculus in the face of a snowstorm.
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 system, named Winter Storm Enzo by The Weather Channel, was a once-in-a-lifetime winter storm for areas of Louisiana and Alabama that saw snow totals beyond 10 inches. Coteau, Louisiana, saw more than 13 inches, and Rayne, Louisiana, saw more than 11 inches of snowfall.
Coming back from a horse show, the Gilpin family says they were faced with the scariest moments of their lives.
The arctic weather set new records for snowfall amounts and low temperatures this week. State Climatologist Jay Grymes said it’s the most snowfall and lowest temperatures Louisiana has experienced in the last century.