The Interstate 10 closure spans nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans.
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 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.
One person is dead, and another has been arrested after a crash on Interstate 10 in New Orleans on Sunday, Jan. 19.
Local interstates and elevated bridges will close early Tuesday morning as freezing temperatures and snow impact the New Orleans area. Interstate 10 will be closed at 4 a.m. in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Charles parishes, according to DOTD.
Local interstates and elevated bridges closed early Tuesday morning as freezing temperatures and snow impact the New Orleans area. The Crescent City Connection closed just before 1 p.m., and the ...
The unidentified driver of a white Volkswagen Jetta had pulled over to the right shoulder of I-10 East near Elysian Fields with suspected car trouble when he was hit by a Ford F 250.
The scene along Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans on Tuesday was surreal. Palm trees swayed in the wind amid falling snow and near-blizzard conditions, with wind gusts exceeding 45 mph.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the state is facing potential record snowfall that could close Mississippi River bridges from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
Kyle Snyder is one of those emergency responders to be honored, but he chose to respond; not for the reward, but because it was his duty.
Temperatures were gradually rising across the U.S. South, bringing hopes that the remaining snow and ice would melt away.
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.