BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Sunshine Bridge will have a temporary lane closure starting on Wednesday, August 21. DOTD announced the outside lanes of the bridge will be shut down in both directions ...

ST. JAMES PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Troopers with the Louisiana State Police (LSP) are investigating after a truck hit and killed a man walking near the Sunshine Bridge on Tuesday morning, Dec. 10.

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging Louisiana to assess the safety of eight of its bridges, including almost all of those crossing the Mississippi River in the state, in a new report ...

REPAIRS. BUT. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL. SEVEN OTHER POPULAR BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE STATE ARE AFFECTED AND COULD BE ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. IT’S ALL PART OF A NEW NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ...

A pedestrian was killed in St. James Parish early Tuesday morning after a car crash on Louisiana Highway 70 near the Sunshine Bridge. A preliminary investigation revealed that an SUV was traveling ...

An “immensely beneficial” project to Ascension and St. James parishes continues to take shape, as the state Department of Transportation and Development recently announced updates to the La. 70 ...

The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Thursday 68 bridges across 19 states be evaluated with a "vulnerability assessment" to determine their risk of collapse if involved in a vessel ...