Baton Rouge Gameday traffic question...

Not bad at all. You should enjoy yourself and take your time, try to arrive about 10 minutes before game time. Should find a parking spot pretty close.

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Any alternatives if you anticipate it being bad?

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Don't even try I-10 past Laffayette. Get on I-49 to Opelouses and come in on U.S. 190 I took the old bridge from Port Allen for the Ole Miss game only an hour before kickoff and faced zero traffic.

It all depends on how much traffic and how the basin bridge is. We've left Lafayette at 9 before and got to BR in about an hour. That was 2010 for the Bama game and I was floored that there was no traffic.

If by chance there is an accident that you know about before hand and everything STOPS you could go I-10 to I-49 to 190 to 415. But I doubt that you'll need to (that would be a pretty major accident).

Traffic on game day normal flows pretty good but heavy ...

cjared not much at all really ... 20/30 minutes tops the time we had to do it (earlier this year maybe??). It was NOT bad at all and is the alternative to a closed I-10.

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I am leaving Houston tomorrow morning around 6 am. I plan to be in BR around 10-11. What kind of traffic should I expect as I get closer to BR.

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I wouldn't worry about leaving that early...we don't expect any traffic.

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How much time does this add?

thanks for yalls help.

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It only adds around 30-40 minutes even if I-10 has zero traffic (which will absolutely not be the case). Plus, you get to stop at Billy's in Krotz Springs for boudin. I often take it from Lafayette just to avoid the shitshow that is the Horace Wilkinson Bridge.

I had to learn about the 7 wonders of the US (a list made by ASCE in 1994) and the interstate highway system was one of them. I thought to myself "how could this possibly be? The I-10 bridge is a part of this system and that is the greatest transportation abomination I have ever seen." I guess that adds to the wonder on the other end though.

If I'm trying to get west of the river after the game, where is the best place to park and should I take 190 out?

staying in BR overnight.

in 2010 I cam into BR on Friday because it was a 230 game.

in other words I live close enough to do just need to stay one night.

According to the Advocate this morning, LSU officials are expecting in excess of 160K on campus tomorrow. Getting on campus by 11, you're pushing your luck as to how close/far away you'll park.I'd much rather be a bit early then risk getting stuck in parking lot traffic. As for the State fan, where are you coming from? IF coming from the west, get off on Nicholson Dr. the first exit as you're getting off the bridge. Take a left on Nicholson heading towards the campus & go down as far as you can get. U turn on Nicholson & park heading away from campus. Most of the neighborhoods offer pay parking, i.e. in yards, but a lot depends on when you are getting on campus.