re: New Mississippi River Bridge expected to open in 2033

It is all bullshite ,but served on a silver platter.

I do a lot of work just south of Plaquemine and I avoid the I-10 bridge as much as possible.

One of the best assets the state has is the Plaquemine Ferry. I used it constantly and when both are in service I can be in Plaquemine in 25 minutes from Essen (assin) Lane for a 6:30 AM meeting.

Best thing the state could do is to 4 lane Gardere Lane.

The real 800 lb Gorilla in the room (that everyone refuses to see) is the traffic disaster on Essen (assin) Lane. If you pass before 6AM it is no problem. Between 3PM and 6PM it is a Greek Tragedy.

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Can somebody draw on a map where this will be?

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I tried but I ran out of ink trying to draw the needed roads from the bridge location to an actual interstate.

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They should run an elevated roadway from the bridge, over/through Spanish Lake/Swamp that links up w/ I-10 between the Prairieville exit and Swamp Road overpass.

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It would make more sense to just 4 lane and control access La 30 from where it meets down to I-10 in Gonzales.

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I actually think it’ll be further south than Plaquemine Point. It makes more sense because they can eventually extend the roadway thru the lake formerly known as Spanish Lake and connect to Bluff Rd/74

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m all for this... makes getting to Houston so much easier, not having to go all the way through BR, especially coming back from Houston....

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Lets assume they get this extension built within 5 years of the bridge completion. It is now 2038, you just drove a limited access highway from I-10 east of BR across the river only to be stuck in traffic getting thru Plaquemine on a two lane stretch of Hwy 1.

By the time THAT loop project is nearing completion, Baton Rouge will be a suburb of Houston sprawl.

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Service roads, have Texas do it since Louisiana is incapable

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Not enough right of way.

Pipelines run parallel and then from.St. Gabriel to LSU you have the railroad.

There was barely enough room to widen at Brightside/Lee and that was without service roads.

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Most expansion projects don't have enough right of way until you acquire it.

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True, but considering the mountains that were required for the Brightside expansion, that would delay the project by at least a decade.

It would be great to have that route for all involved.

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In a perfect world where they tie in the La 415 connector to a controlled access La 1, Plaquemine bypass, and controlled access La 30 to I-10.

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If the bridge location is indeed set, that is by far the best route. Yet, it still has numerous issues, that in the long run, will almost certainly doom at least most of this project to failure. The obvious being cost for all of the 20 plus miles of new/renovated roadway needed to connect each end of I-10. There will be another large costly bridge going over the Intercoastal west of the one under construction, which has had numerous issues with soil infrastructure, which is supposedly one of the reasons they aren't considering that vicinity for the new Miss River bridge.

Also....

-It doesnt do anything directly for the heavier I-12 traffic (although it will of course indirectly help by diverting traffic from the bridge clusterfrick),

-La 1 at Brusly will be a bottleneck at rush hour with bridge traffic. I guess there is hope that the new Intracoastal bridge will eventually be completed alleviating some of the backup.

-That route from the river to Hwy 1 om the west side goes thru the middle of two large chemical plants. I'm not even sure it can be done

-Going around Plaquemine with a bypass is a nightmare. There are neighborhoods out 3 plus miles from La 1, and you would have to cross Bayou Plaquemine and Bayou Jacob with another bridge(s)

What it DOES do however is involve 4 different Parishes in the project Bringing with it parish presidents and their landowner constituents., all of whom will expect to be very fairly compensated. Of course, we shouldn't worry as corruption will be set aside for a project such as this.

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Environmental Assessment.

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Funny how nobody gives a shite about keeping Louisiana clean and nice until it’s time to improve infrastructure then all of a sudden everyone’s environmental activists.