Project Details: State Proj. No.: 450-10-0108
Start date: January 5, 2009
Finish date: Fall 2011
Cost: $86.2 million
Contractor: Austin Bridge and Road

This project will widen I-10 from four lanes to six lanes from the 10/12 split to approximately 1500 feet past the Siegen lane overpass. It will encompass previous work that was completed during the I-10 Picardy Interchange project that widened a portion of the I-10 between Bluebonnet and Siegen.

It will include a new bridge over Essen Lane that will be wider than the current structure allowing the East Baton Rouge Green Light Program to go forward with their plans to widen Essen Lane.

DOTD will also rebuild the bridge over Ward Creek between Essen Lane and Bluebonnet Boulevard. The new bridge will be approximately two feet higher than the current bridge and allow additional clearance in preparation for higher water levels in the creek do to increased run-off caused by future development in the area.