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.

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.

The Atchafalaya Basin Bridge is a very special piece of engineering.

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.

The highway will be closed until further notice.

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

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