Three weeks after a burning 18-wheeler damaged the Bonnet Carre Spillway Bridge in St. Charles Parish, repairs have been completed and all eastbound lanes on I-10 have been reopened to traffic, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced yesterday.
Eastbound I-10 traffic has been mostly bottlenecked to a single lane on the bridge since the fiery crash on Sept. 20, and large commercial trucks had been ordered to detour at milepost 218 near I-310 south to avoid crossing the bridge and causing further damage.
But the DOTD said Sunday that all eastbound lanes on the bridge have been repaired and are now safe for use by both cars and large trucks.
