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.

ASCENSION PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A new traffic configuration for LA 70 between LA 22 and the Sunshine Bridge has been announced.

Over the last year, the NTSB identified 68 bridges built before 1991 that don't have a "current vulnerability assessment" and need to be evaluated.