Environmentalists have come out against a potential bridge corridor that would bisect and partially destroy a primeval ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The site of the new Mississippi River Bridge won’t be selected until mid-2025, according to state transportation officials. The Capital Area Road and Bridge ...

Louisiana residents will have a chance to review 10 proposed locations for a new bridge over the Mississippi River in the Baton Rouge area. The consultant group the state has hired for the project ...

The state is at least four years away from starting construction of a new bridge across the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge even if financing plans were in place today, state officials said Monday.

Traffic delays along Interstate 10, by the new Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge, are routine. (DOTD Traffic Cameras) It's news shocking to no one who's ever had the displeasure of crawling ...

A pair of barges loose on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge have struck the U.S. 190 bridge, forcing the bridge to close as a precaution, according to WAFB. Authorities say 25 barges that had ...

Louisiana’s Department of Transportation and Development is working to build a new bridge across the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, meant to alleviate congestion and fuel growth on both ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The hopes of a new Mississippi River bridge could soon become a reality with financial assistance from the federal government and Gov. John Bel Edwards gave his take on ...

The new Mississippi River Bridge in Baton Rouge cost $46 million in 1968. The Sunshine Bridge in Convent was built in 1964 for $30,750,000, while the old Mississippi River Bridge was built in 1940 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD ... officers were responding to a crisis at the Mississippi River bridge where a woman climbed the guardrail and was threatening to jump. BRPD Officer Jakiya Jones ...

As a state panel mulls the ideal location for a new Mississippi ... only 15% of daily bridge traffic. Only 18% of eastbound motorists pass through the Baton Rouge metropolitan area without stopping.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing for the Mississippi River to reach some of its highest water levels in recent years in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. According to forecasts ...