DOTD continues lane closures this week on Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas line all the way through St. Martin Parish.

LAFAYETTE PARISH/ST. MARTIN PARISH

As part of the I-10 Widening Project, there will be nightly lane closures happening Wednesday and Thursday night as  DOTD crews will be working on the asphalt.

  • The entrance ramp of I-10 eastbound at I-49 (Lafayette) will be closed from 8 PM - 6 AM EACH NIGHT.
  • The I-10 eastbound exit ramp at Exit 109 - LA 328 (Breaux Bridge) will be closed from 8 PM - 6 AM EACH NIGHT. DETOUR for traffic is to take I-10 Eastbound to Exit 115 (LA 347 exit ramp), LA 347 to I-10 Westbound, and I-10 Westbound to Exit 109 (LA 328).
  • I-10 eastbound between mile marker 116.5 and mile marker 117 (Atchafalaya Basin Bridge) will have an inside lane closure on Thursday night from 8 PM - 6 AM as workers install a sign bracket on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. There will be no detour necessary.

The I-10 Widening Project is scheduled to end during the summer of 2021. It is widening a 7.11-mile section of the interstate from its interchange at I-49 to Breaux Bridge. Workers have been replacing pavement within the existing lanes and constructing an additional lane in each direction along the aforementioned section of Interstate 10.

 

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CALCASIEU PARISH

Work crews have begun saw cutting on I-10 near the Texas state line in Calcasieu Parish. The lane closures will happen NIGHTLY Tuesday through Saturday.

      • I-10 EASTBOUND right lane closure from the state line to Exit 4 (US 90/LA 109) on Tuesday from 7 p.m. at 6 a.m.
      • I-10 WESTBOUND right lane closures from the weigh station to the state line from Tuesday to Thursday from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night.
      • I-10 WESTBOUND right lane closure from the weigh station to the state line on Friday from 8 p.m. through 9 a.m.

 

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