Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development officials recently delivered a project status update regarding the I-10 widening project in East Baton Rouge and Ascension Parishes, noting the effort is advancing.
Crews are currently addressing the new eastbound section of the I-10 bridge over Highland Road and will begin forming the new bridge deck in the coming days. Concrete paving for the new travel lane and shoulder, eastbound and westbound, between Highland Road and LA 73 have been completed while work on the on/off ramps at Highland Road are still being constructed.
Road closures on both the eastbound and westbound on/off ramps of Highland Road will be executed until April 11 nightly from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Officials said the closures are necessary to work on the Highland Road bridge.
Motorists are advised to travel westbound on I-10 to the Siegen Lane interchange and I-10 eastbound to the LA 73 interchange as alternate routes.
Construction of the $72 million project widening I-10 from four lanes to six lanes west of Highland Road to the LA 73 interchange, as well as replacing the LA 42 overpass structures and rebuilding the I-10 overpass above Highland Road, is anticipated to be completed in Fall 2020, weather cooperating.