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

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

I-10 @ Exit 103

I-10 Eastbound Exit Ramp at Exit 103B - I-49/US 167 (Opelousas) & I-49 SB Exit Ramp at Exit 1A - I-10 East (Baton Rouge) will be closed on the following nights.

• Sunday, June 16 at 8:00 p.m. until Monday, June 17 at 6:00 a.m., weather permitting. --> CANCELED
• Monday, June 17 at 8:00 p.m. until Tuesday, June 18 at 6:00 a.m., weather permitting. --> NEW
• Tuesday, June 18 at 8:00 p.m. until Wednesday, June 19 at 6:00 a.m., weather permitting. --> NEW

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

Motorists traveling on I-10 Eastbound will only be able to access I-49/US 167 (Opelousas) via the posted detour route, which includes continuing eastbound on I-10 to Exit 104 – Louisiana Ave, turn north on Louisiana Ave, then take I-10 Eastbound to Exit 103B – I-49/US 167 (Opelousas).

Motorists traveling on I-49 SB will only be able to access I-10 Eastbound via the posted detour route, which includes continuing southbound on I-49/US 90 to Willow Street, turning east on Willow Street, then taking US 90 Northbound to Exit 1A - I-10 East (Baton Rouge).

Emergency vehicles will not have access to the entrance and exit ramps on I-10 EB at Exit 103B – I-49/US 167 (Opelousas) & I-49 SB Exit Ramp at Exit 1A - I-10 East (Baton Rouge).

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.