DOTD announces turn lane closure on segment of Essen Lane
Monday, December 11, 2017 at 3:00:14 PM
Baton Rouge, LA – Today, the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that beginning tonight, December 11, contractors will be closing the center turn lane on Essen Lane between Perkins Road and Picardy Avenue. This closure is needed to keep the widening of Essen Lane on schedule and to ensure concrete work can be done properly and in a timely fashion.
The northbound travel lanes of Essen between Perkins and Picardy will shift to the left where the turn lane is currently located. All travel lanes will remain open at all times during construction.
In the coming weeks and months, motorists can expect further center turn lane closures as work progresses on Essen toward I-10.
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.