Louisiana

[bwana39]

BLIZZARD in New Orleans

All of the freeways and the bridges to the westbank are all closed. Curfews in many areas

https://www.wwltv.com/article/weather/weather-impact/police-dotd-to-close-all-ramps-leading-to-us-90-and-elevated-bridges-at-4-am/289-8a523cd7-bb3e-409a-89f9-e3f55ccfe0a9

[MikieTimT]

ARDOT sent 25 snowplows and 60 personnel to plow I-49, I-10, I-12, and US-190 as Louisiana doesn't seem to have much snow removal equipment.

https://ardot.gov/news/25-013/

[Anthony_JK]

LADOTD decided to add a traffic signal to the at-grade crossing of the loop ramps at the US 90/Westbank Expressway/US 90B interchange at Avondale, just west of Gretna.

http://wwwapps.dotd.la.gov/administration/announcements/Announcement.aspx?key=38367#gsc.tab=0

This is where the ramp from westbound US 90 to eastbound US 90B crosses the ramp from westbound US 90B to eastbound US 90 going towards the Huey P. Long Bridge.

Ultimately, if I-49 South is to be built from Lafayette to NOLA, that crossing will have to be replaced with directional grade separated ramps. I-49 would transition from US 90 to US 90B at that location.

They originally had it as a stop-sign controlled intersection, incorrectly called a "four-way stop", since both ramps are only one-way.

[Urban Prairie Schooner]

Excellent, it only took them 60 years to do this.

[Anthony_JK]

Nice going, CPKC. Way to derail your trains right over major Interstate highway bridges. 

https://wwwapps.dotd.la.gov/administration/announcements/Announcement.aspx?key=38702#gsc.tab=0

[Anthony_JK]

Excellent, it only took them 60 years to do this.

No one ever said that LADOTD was swift in the brain. 

Interesting fact for you signal control geeks: I wonder why they didn't just put in all arrows at the lights and make this a "NO TURNS" intersection, since with the way the interchange is designed, the only allowed turns are essentially U-turns leading you back where you came from.

Short-term future plans do call for building a flyover ramp from WB 90 to EB 90B to eliminate the crossover intersection entirely.

[bassoon1986]

Driving back home from Florida today I got to see two construction projects.

I had t driven this way in about 2 years so I thought construction in Covington was finished. The Covington to Mandeville exits have all expanded to 3x3 lanes. I didn't realize work was ongoing now one more exit to the west at exit 57 Madisonville/Goodbee.

I also didn't realize the reworked College Dr exit had been finished in Baton Rouge! Now the exit happens on both I-10 and I-12 BEFORE the two interstates merge so it takes that traffic out of the mix. No more weaving for I-10 westbound traffic crossing over 2-3 lanes. I-12 now enters I-10 westbound on the left lanes. Traffic doesn't have to cross over lanes to get to the left side for the I-10 through lanes to cross the MS River. I suppose that means westbound I-10 lanes coming through the 10-12 split have to do that now. It was always going to be somebody moving to the left lanes so I'll be interested to see if this helps once the extra lane is added.

Between Acadian Thruway and Dalrymple work is being done to move back the barrier walls and make space for the 4th lanes each direction. I still can't totally picture it finished with extra lanes there.

[Great Lakes Roads]

https://legiscan.com/LA/text/HR220/2025

Tolling interoperability coming to Louisiana soon?