According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development, emergency roadwork will have I-10 eastbound down to one lane for the next two weekends near Henderson.
With fines doubling under a new Atchafalaya Basin Bridge speeding law that recently went into effect, motorists are on higher alert in more ways than one.
Lafayette-based state senator Paige Cortez has introduced a bill that would raise speeding tickets on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge by five times the current amount.
In case you were wondering why some roads aren't wide open right now, take a look at this.
KLFY's Gerald Gruenig woke up this morning with an assignment to (safely) give us a close-up look at the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge under these extreme winter conditions...