Drivers could have more options to get around Baton Rouge traffic as soon as 2027.
Yesterday at a Baton Rouge Area Chamber meeting, a representative from Atlas, which is working with DOTD to pick a location for the new bridge, announced the list of sites had been cut down to 17. The site list includes five potential areas between Addis and Plaquemine, six between Plaquemine and White Castle, and six more stretching down to Donaldsonville.
According to planners, no site has received priority however a site closer to Baton Rouge is preferred to help draw more traffic that would normally go through the congested city.
Once the site is selected, funding is already in place as the state legislature approved money for the project during the last legislative session.
