atchafalaya basin bridge

A major crash shut down I-10 for hours on the Atchafalaya Basin bridge, but one man decided to choose relaxation over frustration.

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.

Fines for speeding on that stretch of Interstate 10 in Louisiana could be five times greater than they are now.

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.

If you were driving over the Atchafalaya Basin a few weeks ago, you may have seen a weird image in the sky

Two crashes near the Iberville/St. Martin Parish Line have Interstate 10 closed in both directions.

The road will be closed for at least two hours.

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.

Slow moving traffic this Saturday morning on I-10.

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...

The highway will be closed until further notice.

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...

A change in the construction schedule will mean no lane closures for the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge at Whiskey Bay this weekend.

Motorists who use I-10 can expect lane closures over portions of the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge beginning January 17th.

Over the next 2 weeks, there will be NIGHTLY alternating lane closures happening on the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge in BOTH DIRECTIONS.

A request for federal funding to repair the roadway's surface will be made in the next several days.

Despite the fact that they seem to happen every day the number of crashes on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge isn't as high as you think it would be.

Louisiana State Police Troop I Spokesman Trooper Thomas Gossen tells KPEL News I-10 West has reopened.

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.

The truck is reportedly on the shoulder, but traffic is backing up.