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For years, car crashes on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge have plagued commuters, sometimes holding up traffic for hours. It’s what led lawmakers two years ago to vote to install traffic cameras on ...
I have a modest proposal now that the Legislature has mysteriously backed off of safety cameras (and double fines) on the deadly Atchafalaya Basin Bridge: Replace all "Welcome to Louisiana" signs ...
The Atchafalaya Swamp. It's the largest wetland ... As efficient as the basin bridge is, it also has it's bad days. Since 2014, well over 1000 crashes have happened on the basin bridge, stranding ...
BUTTE LAROSE — Officials marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the 18-mile-long Atchafalaya Basin Bridge during a cool and breezy gathering Tuesday at the Butte LaRose boat landing in St ...
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – We are learning more about the new law on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge and putting it to a test. As more and more crashes happen on the bridge, lawmakers are doing ...
Deployment of Atchafalaya Basin Bridge speed cameras has been stopped by the stroke of a pen. Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law this week shuttering the camera program on the congested, ...
(WAFB) - Troopers with the Louisiana State Police are investigating a crash involving overturned 18 wheeler that has completely blocked the interstate on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. The crash ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Drivers headed to Lafayette from Baton Rouge on Wednesday, November 29, can expect lane closures on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. According to the Louisiana Department of ...
ATCHAFALAYA, La. — If you drive along the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, phase two of a project to install speed limit trackers along the roadway Begins next Monday. There will be nightly lane ...
Louisiana motorists traveling the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge will soon be greeted with new signage, increased fines, and speed cameras under legislation signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards to designate the ...
Nightly lane closures on I-10 Westbound near Atchafalaya Basin due to asphalt pavement repairs will occur from May 4-9, causing potential delays for commuters.