A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.

The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.

Truckers who move goods across hundreds of miles of Louisiana highway must make their own calculus in the face of a snowstorm.

Florida late on Wednesday closed a more than 200-mile stretch of Interstate 10 from the Alabama state line to Exit 192, the U.S. 90 junction, in Gadsden County “due to remaining snow, ice, and water on the roadway combined with incoming hard freeze temperatures overnight resulting in icy and dangerous conditions on bridges and roadways.

A dangerous winter storm sweeping across the South is dumping heavy snow across Houston and other major metropolitan areas along the Interstate 10 corridor.

Interstate 10, including the highrise, twin spans and bonnet carre spillway in New Orleans metro to slidell are now open, DOTD and NOPD says.

The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare winter storm brought record snowfall to the state on Tuesday.

Here's a look at snowfall totals from Tuesday's winter storm that blanketed Houston and parts Louisiana in multiple inches of the white stuff.

(The Center Square) – After a historic winter storm hit the Interstate 10 corridor on Tuesday, parts of the vital east-west artery remain closed due to icy road conditions in both Louisiana and ...

The intense blaze prompted authorities to shut down all westbound lanes and restrict eastbound traffic to a single lane. The Westbound lanes remained shutdown for at least 11 hours but were reopened some time around 10 a.m. according to traffic maps.

A location of the wildly popular Buc-ee's travel center chain is in the works near Milwaukee.

Bass Pro Shops currently operates stores in Denham Springs and Bossier City, Louisiana. The company also operates a Bass Pro Shops/Cabela's Boating Center in Gonzales. And while many sportsmen in the western half of Louisiana might welcome a new Bass Pro Shops store along I-10 it is apparently not in the cards for another Louisiana location.