re: Fastest reliable way from Laffy to BR right now?

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have to make the run from Slidell to Lafayette tomorrow. If I take the 190 route, what exactly is it? Let's say I can run I-12 to I-10 from Slidell to Baton Rouge - once I'm at I-10 in BR, where do I jump to 190 and how does that get me to Lafayette?

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You know they have maps on the internet. They are pretty detailed.

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190 to Opelousas, then 49 to Lafayette

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is the fastest way usually, but who knows what will happen tomorrow. you have to make that trip early?

Don't have to hit Laffy til around noon.

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Get on 190. Not fast, but open

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Now I'm not much of what one would call a 'scaredy cat' or a 'bitch,' or any number of other synonyms, but when a really long bridge with no shoulders sits in precipitation in sub-freezing temperatures for an extended period of time, I would recommend avoiding it for both your safety and annoyance, when someone inevitably does crash.

Anybody have any word on the Krotz Springs bridge? Im not seeing anything on the website.

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A map shows me 190 to Opelousas, then 49 to Lafayette. That seems pretty far out of the way. I assumed that someone who lives in the area and is familiar with it on a daily basis might be able to tell me a more direct path. But that's only because I have common sense.

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That's as direct as it gets without the Atchafalaya bridge. I remember my mother saying it used to take them 6 hours to drive to New Orleans to watch her brother play football for Tulane back in the 60s before the bridge was open. It's a 3 hour drive today (lots of it has to do with road conditions, of course. The 190-49 path isn't really all that far out of the way and a nice, easy drive these days).

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Back when the Atchafalaya was closed for an oil rig explosion for that several week period in 07 or so, I would go up to 76 in Port Allen and take that West until it ended, then North to 190 (from BR to Lafayette, of course). It was really only good because of the huge lack of traffic compared to 190 for that same stretch (with its red lights and such, and maaaajor detours from I-10). I'd go 190 in lieu of 76 outside of heavy traffic on a regular occasion to drive that direction.

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The maps aren't hiding any roads

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Maybe I've lived around New Orleans too long, but there are many roads that, while they aren't hidden on maps, I would not recommend driving.