The so-called mega-study launched in 2023 was intended to last five years and address a wide range of issues key to shipping, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...