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Toll proposal for new I-10 bridge in Lake Charles drawing protest
July 25, 2023 2:50 PM
LAKE CHARLES - Opposition is taking shape after the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development released its proposed toll schedule for a $2.1 billion bridge planned for the southwest part of the state. The rates would skew heavily toward truckers driving I-10 across Lake Charles, and an association representing... more » -
Louisiana gets $150 million toward I-10 bridge replacement in Lake Charles
December 29, 2022 6:32 PM
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana will get $150 million toward a new Interstate 10 bridge in Lake Charles. "The I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge, a key bridge on one of our main priority routes, has exceeded its useful life, which is why this funding is critical," Gov. John Bel Edwards said... more » -
Jim Bernhard says in live radio interview today, he'd back the loan for a new bridge Play Video
December 6, 2018 10:48 AM
BATON ROUGE – Jim Bernhard, prominent businessman and one of the wealthiest people in Baton Rouge and founder of Shaw Group, which he sold for $3 billion in 2012, said off-the-cuff on a morning radio show Thursday, he’d back the loan needed to build a new bridge across the Mississippi... more » -
Electrician will climb the New Bridge to fix lighting issue Play Video
July 26, 2018 12:34 PM
BATON ROUGE – A stoic electrician will have to climb the New Bridge to check the electrical system that has caused outages of the decorative lights over the river. For weeks, there have been sporadic black holes in the shimmering lights attached to the I-10 bridge structure. Last month,... more » -
Decorative lights on I-10s New Bridge failing, leaving the bridge in the dark Play Video
July 3, 2018 5:53 PM
BATON ROUGE – The iconic shimmer of lights from the New Bridge likely won’t be as shiny when the city celebrates Independence Day – also the 23rd anniversary of the decorative lights casting a brilliant spell over the Mississippi River. The city, tasked with keeping the lights on after... more »