Busy I-10 Exit/Entrance Ramp to Close for Improvements

(Lafayette, Louisiana) - If you will be hitting the highway next week, you will want to note the following closure information from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.

I-10 Eastbound Exit Ramp at Exit 100 -US 167/LA 3184 (Ambassador Caffery Parkway) will be closed on the following nights:

(CANCELLED) - Sunday, July 28 at 8:00 p.m. until Monday, July 29 at 6:00 a.m., weather permitting.
Monday, July 29 at 8:00 p.m. until Tuesday, July 30 at 6:00 a.m., weather permitting.

These ramp closures are necessary to allow crews to perform milling and paving operations for the I-10 ramp.

Motorists traveling on I-10 EB will only be able to access US 167/LA 3184 (Ambassador Caffery Pkwy) via the posted detour route, which includes continuing eastbound on I-10 to Exit 101 – North University, turn north on LA 182, then take I-10 Eastbound to Exit 100 - US 167/LA 3184 (Ambassador Caffery Pkwy).

Emergency vehicles will not have access to the entrance and exit ramp at Exit 100 - US 167/LA 3184 (Ambassador Caffery Pkwy).

Detour routes will be posted during the ramp closure periods.

There will be no vehicle width restrictions with this work.

DOTD appreciates your patience and reminds you to please drive with caution through the construction sit and be on the lookout for work crews and their equipment.

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