Beginning July 11, DOTD crews will conduct routine inspections on the I-10 Mississippi River Bridge.
Inspections will occur daily from 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. from Monday, July 11, to Saturday, July 30, weather permitting.
During this time, there will be brief rolling closures twice a day to allow for equipment and crew drop off and pickup. The morning and afternoon lane closure for drop-offs should last less than 15 minutes.
Typically, crews inspect using under bridge inspection trucks and man-lifts, which require multiple lane closures. In order to cause minimal impact on traffic, crews will be utilizing a rope-access method to access most parts of the bridge. This method has been used previously and proved to have significantly less impact on traffic, as well as provide a more thorough inspection of the bridge.
There will be lane closures on a weekend morning in August (13th and 14th weather permitting) to inspect areas that are inaccessibly by rope access.
During this routine inspection, crews will be examining the bridge to make sure it remains structurally sound to carry vehicular traffic.
These inspections occur every two years and are critical, as this bridge carries over 100,000 vehicles daily.
