NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — All lanes on Interstate 10 in New Orleans East are closed following a crash. Details of the crash are limited but officials with the Department of Transportation and Development are reporting traffic is being diverted to Bullard Avenue. Congestion has reached Paris Road.
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.
Interstate 10, including the highrise, twin spans and bonnet carre spillway in New Orleans metro to slidell are now open, DOTD and NOPD says.
An eight-vehicle crash on westbound I-10 at Read Boulevard in New Orleans East has traffic diverted at Bullard Avenue. Drivers are urged to avoid the area.
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.
From New Orleans to Jefferson Parish, there is gridlock on every major alternate road including Earhart, Airline, Veterans, and Jefferson Davis Parkway.
One person is dead, and another has been arrested after a crash on Interstate 10 in New Orleans on Sunday, Jan. 19.
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.
Snow on I-10 around 5:30 a.m. in New Orleans on Jan. 21, 2025. Parts of Interstate 10 remain closed due to the snowstorm. Louisiana DOT cameras showed snow blanketing the major interstate near New Orleans. Mayor-President of Baton Rouge Sid Edwards said ...
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said the state is facing potential record snowfall that could close Mississippi River bridges from Baton Rouge to New Orleans.
Winter Storm Enzo was not your typical winter storm, but its rain and snow were caused by a classic setup. Enzo never truly had a robust low pressure system, but instead was a large overlap between the coldest air of the season, abundant moisture and the tail end of a deep upper-level trough.
Emergency crews pulled one person alive from the water after a crash on I-10 West. NEW ORLEANS — Emergency crews responded to a water rescue on the Twin Span Bridge on Tuesday (Jan. 28). The incident occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on Interstate 10 West, about halfway across the bridge.