I-49

I-49 has been talked about for too long. It's time to make a decision to build as a free road or toll road.

A project to overlay 13 miles of Interstate 10 in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes is expected to begin by the end of 2013. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development officials say the estimated $76 million project is the largest on their 2012-2013 proposed priority list for the Acadiana region.

Tolls could likely generate enough revenue to pay half the cost of completing Interstate 49 through Lafayette, enough to make the long-delayed project economically feasible. That's according to a consulting firm hired to research the project.

It seems like every intersection you encounter lately has some sort of road work, or it is scheduled for road work in the near future.  It's no exception for parts of I-10 in Lafayette Parish and 190 in St. Landry Parish.

The I-49 Southbound on ramp at US 190 and the I-49 Southbound on & off ramps at Creswell Lane will be closed tonight from 8:30 pm till 6 am for overlay work.

The speed limit on I-49 for about a 200 mile stretch is now 75 mph instead of 70 mph. The change of the speed limit is due to the Department of Transportation and Development proving that a speed limit increase could be done safely. They proved this by showing that 85% of drivers were going 75 mph or less...

A survey is under way to see how drivers would feel about paying tolls to help complete I-49 south from Lafayette to New Orleans.

Two people are dead following a weekend accident on I-49.

Two people are dead following a weekend crash on I-49.

The state Department of Transportation says traffic cameras are about to go into service on I-10 and a portion of I-49 in Lafayette and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.

The speed limit is now 75 miles per hour on rural portions of I-49 from Opelousas to Alexandria.

A woman was arrested after a man died during a traffic crash Sunday morning on I-49.

For the first time ever the state is raising the speed limit of a major highway to 75 miles an hour.

Winter weather across north Louisiana has caused at least one traffic death and closed schools, government offices and two highways.