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.
After hearing about Peter Fonda's death, I remembered someone telling me a long time ago that part of that movie was filmed on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. So I hit the internet to find the scene from the movie. What I found is much bigger and better than any scene from any movie. I found real-life video footage of the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge being built. After watching this, you will never drive over the Basin the same way again.
In case you were wondering why some roads aren't wide open right now, take a look at this.
KLFY's Gerald Gruenig woke up this morning with an assignment to (safely) give us a close-up look at the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge under these extreme winter conditions...
Repairs on the Atchafalaya Basin bridge will resume this Friday. The road surface in St. Martin Parish needs extensive repairs. You may recall, it was damaged by a major fiery crash last August...
I have the utmost respect for truck drivers. These men and women deliver most of the things we need to survive, to our local communities. Life would be very different without truck drivers. But their new driving habits are confusing to me.