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Repairs Underway on Hole on Bridge Deck of Atchafalaya Basin Bridge

Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:25 pm
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
9427 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:25 pm
Drove west past this today. Traffic was backed up for miles at a crawl this evening, eastbound. The hole is nearer to the east edge of the bridge.



DOTD Notices Hole on Bridge Deck of Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, Repairs Underway

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You should expect major delays on I-10 in South Louisiana while traveling through the state.

DOTD is reporting on social media that they are closing one lane, the right lane, on I-10 East on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge for repairs. The exact location for the repairs will be near Whiskey Bay.

According to their post on social media, crews noticed the damage while working on a separate project and now more repairs are set to begin on the bridge by November 20th.

Many will be using this route in the days ahead for holiday travels and you should plan to seek an alternate route as major delays are expected.

While repairs are underway on the bridge, DOTD says, "Oversized loads will not be permitted through the project area until the lane is reopened."


ETA: realize this is probably not new news… but it looks like this route will incur delays until repairs are complete.
This post was edited on 11/16/23 at 8:35 pm
Posted by dyslexic
Left field
Member since Nov 2010
6492 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:27 pm to
Holey shite!
Posted by ezride25
Constitutional Republic
Member since Nov 2008
24365 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:30 pm to
That bridge needs a hole lotta love.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
54957 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:30 pm to
Just another of the 50 thousand or so of our bridges that are in shite shape.
Posted by jamboybarry
Member since Feb 2011
32668 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:31 pm to
Glad Biden is fixing all the infrastructure

Oh wait
Posted by bayouteche
The Beaches of Wham
Member since Nov 2012
1163 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:33 pm to
They have nice shiny new bridges in Ukraine….
Posted by dkreller
Laffy
Member since Jan 2009
30389 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:38 pm to
I like it. It adds character like the bent and rusty crossbeams of the Lake Chuck I10 bridge.
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
14521 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:38 pm to
Looks like job security to me!
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
30744 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:40 pm to
from a fire a couple of years ago. same will occur on I-10 over labranche marsh near NOLA soon
Posted by I 10 one lane merge
Member since Oct 2018
205 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:46 pm to
Repairs = 2 dudes looking at this hole on a Sunday afternoon…..
Posted by F1y0n7h3W4LL
Below I-10
Member since Jul 2019
1539 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:48 pm to
Just take the 190 and run the gaunlet of speed traps.
Posted by magicman534
The dirty dell
Member since May 2011
1585 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 8:48 pm to
Just arrived in lake Charles. The entire eastbound basin bridge is backed up.
Posted by TigerAlumni2010
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
4355 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 9:02 pm to
Just in time for Thanksgiving travel. Terrific!
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
8140 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 9:19 pm to
Cassidy's federal highway money hard at rest on I10.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65941 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 9:24 pm to
Holey, Holey, Holey?
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
4935 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 9:56 pm to
It’ll never be ready in time
Posted by dcrews
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2011
30223 posts
Posted on 11/16/23 at 10:59 pm to
Solid, wait to start repairs the Monday before Thanksgiving.

frick the section of I-10 that runs between Lake Charles and Baton Rouge.
Posted by AcadieAnne
Where I drink and know nothing.
Member since May 2019
859 posts
Posted on 11/17/23 at 12:51 am to
My source in the DOTD is as disgusted as we are. The legislature recently decided not to fund the LC bridge replacement & other bridge repairs. Don’t like it? Vote out the incumbent idiots and get new blood in there. It sucks that our choices seem to only be less retarded and fully retarded because people either don’t show up for the primaries or push the button for the incumbent, then are surprised that we end up with shite like this time after time after time. Definition of insanity…
Posted by Boudreauboudreaugoly
Land of the Rice n Son
Member since Oct 2017
1190 posts
Posted on 11/17/23 at 9:17 am to
All the more reason for, if you absolutely have to take that route, drive as FAST AS YOU CAN, speed camera pics be damned! Go to court and bring this pic with you to justify going fast enough so that if a section of roadway crumbles just ahead of you, you’ll have enough speed to zoom over it before It crumbles and caves in. Can’t imagine being a truck driver pulling a 50 ton load over that shite knowing that this situation exists.
Posted by Quatrepot
Member since Jun 2023
4071 posts
Posted on 11/17/23 at 10:07 am to
How long does it take to patch a 10x 10 hole?
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