Four lanes open again on U.S. 90 bridge

After three years and repeated extensions of the estimated reopening date, traffic was rolling in two lanes in both directions Wednesday on the U.S. 90 bridge, and the onramps at Federal Avenue in Morgan City and in Berwick are open again. The onramps were closed and traffic was limited to one lane in either direction in September 2019 for an extensive rehabilitation and repainting project. The pandemic, the threat of hurricanes and material shortages stretched the expected two years of work to 37 months. The Long Allen Bridge that carries La. 182 over the Atchafalaya is to undergo its own rehab project beginning in February. That work is expected to take 2-1/2 to three years.

The Review/Bill Decker