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Latest I-49 Louisiana News Reports
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Caddo Sheriff's deputies investigate fatality on I-49
- Louisiana
- I49
- source: Bing
- 5 views
- Feb 02, 2025 11:45am
Caddo Parish Patrol deputies are investigating a single-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of one. According to a press release from CPSO, at 4:40 a.m. on February 2, deputies were responding to ... Read More
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Caddo Parish deputies investigate fatal single-vehicle crash
- Louisiana
- I-49
- source: Bing
- 3 views
- Feb 02, 2025 07:32am
49Caddo Parish patrol deputies are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred early Feb. 2, Sheriff Henry Whitehorn Sr. said. Read More
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Déjà Vu: Emergency Repairs Planned for Louisiana Overpass Hit (Again) by Truck
- Louisiana
- Vinton
- I-10
- source: Bing
- 15 views
- Jan 31, 2025 12:29pm
10The 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
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- source: Bing
- 5 views
- Jan 30, 2025 2:30pm
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
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Carencro high student hospitalized after single vehicle crash on I-49 near Gloria Switch
- Louisiana
- Carencro
- I-49
- source: Bing
- 7 views
- Jan 30, 2025 07:45am
49As of Wednesday evening, a Carencro high student is in critical condition after single-vehicle wreck on 1-49 near Gloria Switch, according to the Carencro Police Department. Read More
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Carencro High student in critical condition after getting ejected from truck that flipped on I-49
- Louisiana
- Carencro
- I-49
- source: Bing
- 4 views
- Jan 29, 2025 4:00pm
49CARENCRO, La. (KADN) - Carencro police said a 17-year-old Carencro High School student is fighting for her life after crashing a pickup truck on I-49. It happened on I-49 North just north of ... Read More
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- source: Bing
- 6 views
- Jan 28, 2025 10:37pm
All lanes on I-49 North at East Gloria Switch Road have reopened following a crash that caused major delays. Traffic is now flowing, and congestion has eased. Read More
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I-49 north closed at east Gloria switch road after crash
- Louisiana
- I49
- source: Bing
- 15 views
- Jan 28, 2025 7:21pm
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
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- source: Bing / The Advocate
- 7 views
- Jan 23, 2025 05:59am
49On 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
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A day after Acadiana's first blizzard, officials say, 'bridges, roads, highways are still closed'
- Louisiana
- I-49
- source: Bing
- 4 views
- Jan 22, 2025 06:11am
49According to Deidra Druilhet, public information officer at DOTD for Lafayette Parish, "DOTD crews are working day and night to monitor the roads. As of Wednesday, all bridges, roads, and highways ... Read More
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LaDOTD testing wintry weather road treatment on Shreveport highways
- Louisiana
- Shreveport
- I-220
- source: Bing
- 4 views
- Jan 16, 2025 4:00pm
220Crews 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
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I-49 inner city connector preferred route could be known by month's end
- Louisiana
- I-49 Near Hotwells
- source: Bing
- 3 views
- Jan 16, 2025 4:00pm
49SHREVEPORT, 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
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Shreveport woman pleads guilty to driving wrong way down I-49 for 10 miles while drunk
- Louisiana
- I-49
- source: Bing / KSLA
- 15 views
- Jan 15, 2025 6:26pm
49A 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
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DOTD to close interstate ramp to prep for possible wintry mix
- Louisiana
- Bunkie
- I-49
- source: Bing
- 5 views
- Jan 15, 2025 4:00pm
49SHREVEPORT, La. - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is advising motorists that on Thursday the Interstate 220 westbound ramp to Interstate 49 northbound in Shreveport will ... Read More
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Louisiana road, bridge projects stall for years in federal red tape, Jeff Landry tells Congress
- Louisiana
- Opelousas
- I-49
- source: Bing
- 0 view
- Jan 14, 2025 3:59pm
49Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, said Interstate 49, connecting south Louisiana to Kansas City, was first discussed in 1965. While parts of the highway have been built in Louisiana and Missouri ... Read More
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Interstate 49 closure has been postponed
- Louisiana
- Opelousas
- I-49
- source: Bing
- 30 views
- Jan 09, 2025 10:30am
49SHREVEPORT, La. -- A closure scheduled for earlier this morning along parts of Interstate 49 has been postponed. DOTD planned to close the north and south lanes from Bert Knouns Industrial Loop to ... Read More
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LA DOTD will not close I-49 in Shreveport
- Louisiana
- Opelousas
- I-49
- source: Bing
- 0 view
- Jan 09, 2025 07:36am
49SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL / KMSS) - Update on the reported closure of Interstate 49 in Shreveport. UPDATE: The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development said after forecast fluctuations ... Read More
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Interstate 49 closure has been postponed
- Louisiana
- Shreveport
- I-20
- source: Bing
- 2 views
- Jan 08, 2025 4:01pm
20SHREVEPORT, La. -- A closure scheduled for earlier this ... north and south lanes from Bert Knouns Industrial Loop to Interstate 20 in anticipation of the winter storm. Notification of if or ... Read More
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Some roads remain closed in Red River Parish after evacuation
- Louisiana
- LA-485
- source: Bing
- 2 views
- Jan 06, 2025 6:21pm
So have Hwy. 1 at U.S. 371, Hwy. 174 at Interstate 49, and southbound Hwy. 1 at Louisiana Highway 485. Motorists in the area are being asked to use an alternate route. '?The company is working ... Read More
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