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DOTD announces brief overnight closures on northbound Essen Lane

Thursday, March 08, 2018 at 8:47:59 AM

Baton Rouge, LA – Today, the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that from the evening of Monday, March 12, through Friday, March 16, contractors will be intermittently closing Essen Lane northbound at several intersections between Perkins Road and Essen Park Avenue. The closures are necessary for crews to install signal poles and mast arms, and each closure is expected to last approximately 10 to 15 minutes. Motorists can expect these closures between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. each night.

The Essen Lane widening project will widen both the east and west sides of the roadway in an effort to add a third northbound travel lane. When all construction is complete, which is anticipated to be by spring 2018, Essen Lane will consist of three northbound and three southbound travel lanes, plus a center turn lane between the I-10 interchange and Perkins Road.