Beginning today, both lanes of River Road in Avondale between Bridge City Avenue and LA-18 could be closed.
The closure is necessary for Entergy to rebuild the transmission lines and tower damaged during Hurricane Ida.
Heavy winds during the storm blew down the old tower, with national news reports showing the lines in the Mississippi River.
The new 475-foot tower and one like it across the river in Harahan will be built to withstand 175 mile per hour winds, the strongest towers ever built on the system. The old towers were built to withstand 120 mile per hour winds.
Eight major transmission lines that bring power to the New Orleans area went down during Ida.
Entergy hopes to have the new transmission lines strung across the river and back in service by August.
