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Posted 10:56 AM 4/24/2025 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to an 18-wheeler fire along I-12 westbound at Millerville Road on Wednesday morning around 5:30.

Officials say the fire was caused by a mechanical malfunction or failure.

The incident caused two right lanes on the interstate to shut down and caused heavy delays.

The truck was carrying mulch.

No injuries were reported.

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Posted 5:07 PM 4/22/2025 by Angelica Butine

BATON ROUGE — The new College Drive exit ramps opening Wednesday at 5 a.m. are going to be safer and more efficient for drivers.

"It's going to be safer and (More)

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Posted 2:34 PM 4/21/2025 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — Monday was the first day of National Work Zone Awareness Week, and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development wants to use this week as a reminder for drivers to slow down, stay alert and move over. 

For 25 years, National Work Zone Awareness Week (More)

Posted 6:43 AM 4/16/2025 by Lauren Hawkins

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Wreck on I-10 WB @ Essen with multiple lanes blocked (7a.m.) 

Two right lanes blocked on I-10 westbound at Highland (7:30a.m.)

Posted 4:18 AM 4/15/2025 by Lauren Hawkins

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Plaquemine ferries SUSPENDED 

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Posted 12:44 PM 4/11/2025 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — The outside, eastbound lane of Interstate 10 going over the Atchafalaya Basin will be closed Friday starting at 2:30 p.m. for emergency repairs.

DOTD officials say they expect the roadway to re-open around 7:00 p.m.

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Posted 7:42 AM 4/10/2025 by Lauren Hawkins

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Wreck in Jefferson on Airline at Antioch northbound leaving right lane blocked (8 a.m.)

Wreck cleared on Walker Rd. NB/SB near Joe Mae after one person was airlifted (7:30 a.m.)

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Posted 7:02 PM 4/9/2025 by Domenic Purdy, Joe Collins

BATON ROUGE—Deteriorated roads across the state, specifically in Baton Rouge, annually cost drivers more than any other city in Louisiana in wasted fuel, additional operating costs, and crashes, a report by a Washington, D.C.-based research firm released Wednesday said.

Posted 6:05 AM 4/8/2025 by Lauren Hawkins

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7 a.m.: Right lane blocked on I-10 WB @ college due to wreck

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Posted 12:18 PM 4/4/2025 by WBRZ Staff

PRAIRIEVILLE - Officials confirmed one person died in a crash that happened on I-10 eastbound early Friday morning. 

The crash happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. when a tractor-trailer driving east near mile marker 171 collided head-on with a pickup truck that was travelling westbound (More)

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Posted 6:44 AM 4/8/2025 by Angelica Butine

Posted 4:23 AM 4/3/2025 by Lauren Hawkins

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5:22 A.M.: 2 LEFT LANES BLOCKED ON I-10 WB @ Dalrymple

Posted 12:57 PM 4/2/2025 by Lauren Hawkins

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1:56 p.m.: Semi truck fire on I-10 Eastbound near College Drive; the two right lanes are blocked. Congestion is past the Mississippi River Bridge. 

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Posted 3:53 PM 4/1/2025 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE - Beginning Sunday, drivers will see a new four-lane configuration at the end of the westbound College Drive exit ramp at the traffic signal.

DOTD says only new addition is the continuous flow lane that bypasses that traffic signal and goes straight to Corporate. The other (More)

Posted 7:10 AM 3/31/2025 by Lauren Hawkins

MULTIPLE TRAFFIC LIGHTS OUT DUE TO EARLIER SEVER WEATHER

FLOODING POSSIBLE ALL AROUND- AVOID FLOODED AREAS WITH CONES/CLOSURE BARRIERS

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