I-49 Louisiana News Reports

Friday, February, 14, at 9:00 pm until Sunday, February 16, at 5:00 am, Interstate 10 eastbound, between the University Avenue Interchange and through the I-49 Interchange, will be reduced to one lane ... Read More

A woman killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash on Interstate 49 in north-central Caddo Parish earlier this week has been identified. According to the Caddo Parish Coroner's office 26-year-old Jessica ... Read More

There is a major traffic alert for Lafayette drivers this weekend, as a portion of the I-49, I-10 interchange will be closing in a few ... Read More

A woman killed in a fiery single-vehicle wreck on Interstate 49 in north-central Caddo Parish earlier this week has been identified by the Caddo Parish Coroner's office. Read More

Beginning Friday at 9 p.m. until Sunday at 5 a.m., I-49 northbound at its intersection I-10 will be closed to all traffic. The repairs to the overpass are necessary after an 18-wheel truck hit the ... Read More

DOTD has announced that from 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, until 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, I-49 northbound at I-10 will be closed to all traffic, weather permitting. Read More

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has announced that Interstate 49 in Lafayette will be closing soon at the Interstate 10 eastbound overpass so necessary repairs can be made. Read More

The second tractor-trailer collision in roughly two years at the I-10 overpass crossing I-49 in Lafayette is necessitating the replacement of an 82-ft-long girder. Read More

The I-49 crash that left a 17-year-old Carencro High School student fighting for her life is putting a renewed focus on the lack of seat ... Read More

An accident has shut down I-49 north at east Gloria switch road. Traffic is being diverted, and congestion has spilled onto I-10. Read More

On Wednesday, crews were able to reopen Interstate 10 westbound from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas border, but I-10 from Lafayette to Baton Rouge remained closed Thursday morning. Read More

A winter storm swept across south Louisiana on Tuesday morning, covering New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette in a layer of snow. Highways, roads and schools across the state have been closed - ... Read More

LATEST: These Lafayette area roads ... I-10 in the east and westbound direction from Interstate 49 to La. 415 is closed. Ambassador Caffery at the overpass near the railroad tracks is closed. Read More

The group of about 60 transportation department employees will pretreat and plow sections of Interstate 10, Interstate 49, U.S. 190 and Interstate 12. Parts of Louisiana are expecting the highest ... Read More

SHREVEPORT, La. - The public could learn by month's end the route preferred for Interstate 49 north in Shreveport. The Northwest Louisiana Council on Government's members discussed the status of ... Read More

Crews are in the first phase of applying Pavix to some roads, namely the Shreveport-Barksdale Highway bridge and the westbound Interstate 220 ramp to northbound Interstate 49. The plan is to continue ... Read More

A Shreveport woman has pleaded guilty to driving the wrong way on I-49 while drunk, resulting in the injury of several people, and endangering her own child. Read More