SUNSHINE BRIDGE - LA 70 (ST. JAMES PARISH) LANE CLOSURES
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 10:38:23 AM
SUNSHINE BRIDGE – LA 70 (SUNSHINE BRIDGE) –The Sunshine Bridge will have short term intermittent closures on Thursday, June 20, between 8 p.m. and 12 a.m.
Only one direction of traffic will be briefly closed at a time.
The closures are necessary for DOTD to conduct further inspections of the bridge following a tanker collision on June 16. While the fender system prevented any structural damage to the bridge, DOTD will be making more in-depth inspections Thursday.
DOTD appreciates your patience and reminds you to please drive with caution through the construction site and be on the lookout for work crews and their equipment.
Call 511 or visit 511la.org for additional travel information. Out-of-state travelers may call 1-888-ROAD-511 (1-888-762-3511). Motorists may also monitor the LA DOTD website at http://www.dotd.la.gov/, by selecting MYDOTD, or by visiting the DOTD Facebook and Twitter pages.