EAST BATON ROUGE - I-10 East has reopened after a crashed 18-wheeler shut down the roadway for much of Tuesday morning.

Authorities say the semi truck flipped on I-10 East past Highland Road before 6 a.m. Tuesday. No injuries were reported. 

Overturned 18- wheeler carrying non-hazardous baking powder like substance on the right shoulder EB I-10 at the Bluff overpass.

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The roadway was closed just before 9 a.m. and finally reopened around 1 p.m.

Drivers should still expect heavy congestion in the area.