Project Info

The project has now progressed from study to implementation. Once completed, there will be four travel lanes in each direction from the I-10/I-110 split to the Perkins On/Off ramps. Construction began in 2023 with utility relocation and related right-of-way work.

The May 2025 Design Modifications or Refinements may be viewed on this project updates post.

 

Monthly Public Outreach and Communications Reports

The contractor issues a newsletter monthly that describes current and upcoming construction activities which may impact traffic. Visit the Newsletters page to view past issues and receive future news in your inbox by subscribing for updates on the homepage.

 

Project Schedule

The Construction Phase Timeline provided below applies to the extended Segment 1 area and includes the widening of the I-10 westbound curve at I-110. This timeline was updated May 7, 2025 to incorporate adjustments due to project design refinements. Within an overall 9-year construction duration, work on westbound lanes of the City Park Lake bridge began in late 2023 and widening of the I-10 westbound flyover curve towards the Mississippi River Bridge is anticipated to begin in late 2025. Stage 2 – the demolition and reconstruction of eastbound I-10 bridges – is expected to begin in 2028.

Anticipate schedule of work for I-10 Segment 1 through Baton Rouge as of May 2025. Stage 1 is ongoing now and includes permanent construction of the first phase of City Park Lake Bridge, the westbound lanes. Also in Stage 1 and beginning late 2025 is widening of the westbound flyover curve of I-10 towards the Mississippi River bridge, construction of a crossover at Terrace Street, and the temporary widening of westbound I-10 mainline bridge east of I-110. Stages 2 and 3 begin in 2028 and involve the demolition and rebuilding of I-10 eastbound. Stages 4 and 5 begin in 2030 and involve demolition and rebuilding of I-10 westbound. The Segment 1 project is anticipated to be complete in 2023 with completion of under-bridge amenities and installation of noise barriers.

 

Community Connections

The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has developed and adopted a series of guiding principles and toolbox of techniques for identifying and deploying transportation innovations, partnerships and technologies to bring communities together, and to connect people to services and opportunities. During the feasibility and Environmental Assessment stages of the project, a number of Context Sensitive Solutions were identified in dialogue with project stakeholders and community groups. These proposed physical improvements, documented in the reports and specifically in the FONSI linked below, are commitments by DOTD to the community as the I-10 widening project moves forward. The extended Segment 1 corridor contains four of these CSS improvements:

  1. The I-10 greenway will be a pedestrian and bicycle path which will link the existing downtown greenway network to the soon to be improved (through a separate project) bicycle and pedestrian pathways around the University Lakes.
  2. Noise Barriers are proposed to line the widened interstate through the corridor. DOTD has committed to seek a State appropriation to fund noise barriers in areas which do not qualify for federal funding.
  3. The new I-10 bridge spanning City Park Lake will feature aesthetic treatments to improve its appearance from local surface streets and monument towers to signal to interstate motorists they have “arrived” in Baton Rouge.
  4. Perkins Road Corridor Improvements will include better public parking for businesses, improved safety lighting, multi-modal transportation improvements such as a better connected local street grid, pedestrian walkways, and bicycle accommodations. Refer to the May 19, 2022 open house exhibits for more information.

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