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 ...

Aerial of the Sunshine Bridge as it crosses the Mississippi River, seen Friday, September 13, 2024, in St. James Parish, La.

Troopers with the Louisiana State Police are investigating after a truck hit and killed a man walking near the Sunshine Bridge on Tuesday morning, Dec. 10.

A new NTSB report warns that 68 bridges nationwide, including six in Louisiana, may be at risk due to increased ship traffic and structural vulnerabilities.

According to the Louisiana State Police, troopers with Troop C began investigating the crash, which happened on Louisiana Highway 70, west of the Sunshine Bridge, just before 5 a.m.

Southbound traffic on I-275 was at a standstill Friday morning after a crash with injuries on the Sunshine Skyway Bridge caused first responders to close all but one lane of traffic.