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Traffic Advisory: Crescent City Connection lane closures scheduled for barricade removal

NOPD originally announced lane closures on the HOV beginning 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28.
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View from almost underneith the Crescent City Connection bridge in afternoon sunlight. Shadows creating a unique pattern. Taken with a 5D Mark II.

NEW ORLEANS — Hours after finishing barricade removal on the east- and westbound HOV lanes over the Crescent City Connection, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development issued a traffic advisory regarding further barricade removal on the CCC's Westbound Bridge (US 90B) starting Thursday night.

Double-lane closures are expected to continue over the next two nights running from 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. 

A single-lane closure will go into effect on Friday between 4 a.m. and 7 p.m. before it returns to a double-lane closure.

See the roadwork schedule for the Westbound Bridge:

Thursday, August 29: 7 p.m. – 4 a.m.:

  • DOUBLE LANE CLOSURE (left two lanes) of the US 90B CCC WB Bridge to remove the concrete barriers. The two right lanes will be open for traffic.

Friday, August 30: 4 a.m. – 7 p.m.:

  • SINGLE LANE CLOSURE (left lane) of the US 90B CCC WB Bridge. The three right lanes will be open for traffic.

Friday, August 30: 7 p.m. – 4 a.m.:

  • DOUBLE LANE CLOSURE (left two lanes) of the US 90B CCC WB Bridge to remove the concrete barriers. The two right lanes will be open for traffic.

All lanes on the CCC Westbound bridge and the Magazine Street on-ramp will reopen to traffic at 4 AM on Saturday, August 31.

All work is weather permitting.

Credit: NOPD

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