The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announces that LA 347 (Grand Point Highway) at I-10 overpass will be closed the night of Tuesday, March 20 and Wednesday, March 21, to remove sections of the I-10 overpass.

The work is estimated to take place both nights from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., weather permitting.

The northbound traffic on LA 347 will be detoured to I-10 eastbound to Butte La Rose then back to I-10 westbound to LA 347 north.

The southbound traffic on LA 347 will be detoured to I-10 westbound to LA 328 (Rees Street)

then back to I-10 eastbound to LA 347 south.

This work is related to the FASTLANE I-10 widening project (State Project Number H.003014). This $54.7 million project will involve pavement replacement within the existing the lanes in each direction for 2.7 miles along I-10 from La. 347 to the base of the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. An additional lane will be added in the westbound direction.

With the help of the FASTLANE grant, this is the second of three projects to reconstruct and widen the I-10 corridor from I-49 to the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.

The project began in July 2017 and is estimated for completion in 2020.