Louisiana DOTD bracing for winter storm with bridge preparations, closures likely
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development on Monday continued to station bags of salt – and some snow plows – in preparation for sub-freezing weather that has the chance to bring snow Tuesday.
Their biggest concern is bridges like the Interstate 10 Mississippi River Bridge freezing over and whether bridges are safe for drivers.
DOTD has been positioning salt across the state and starting to brine major bridges to keep them from freezing. Agency spokesman Rodney Mallet said closures are likely.