I-10 West - New Orleans - Louisiana - 4K Highway Drive

Interstate 10 westbound through the New Orleans, LA Metro Area. Includes the Twin Span Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain.
Filmed: December 2021
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From Wikipedia:
Interstate 10 (I-10), a major transcontinental Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, runs across the southern part of Louisiana for 274.42 miles (441.64 km) from Texas to Mississippi. It passes through Lake Charles, Lafayette, and Baton Rouge, dips south of Lake Pontchartrain to serve the New Orleans metropolitan area, then crosses Lake Pontchartrain and leaves the state.
On August 29, 2005, the I-10 Twin Span Bridge was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, rendering it unusable. Initially, the bridge was repaired through a $30.9 million contract with Boh Brothers Construction Company. Louisiana has since replaced the bridge with two higher elevation spans in 2009 and 2010.
On April 8, 2017, Louisiana DOTD broke ground on the reconstruction of seven miles (11 km) of I-10 between I-49 (exit 103) and the Atchafalaya Basin. A center concrete barrier will be constructed, road repaved, and an extra travel lane will be constructed, making I-10 three lanes in each direction. Construction began May 2017 and will last two years.
There are also calls to remove I-10 from the Claiborne Expressway in New Orleans and rename I-610 to I-10. The entire length of the Pontchartrain Expressway would likely be renamed as I-910 or I-49.
Flyover ramps are currently being built at the I-10 and Loyola Drive Interchange in Kenner. Part of the project is constructing a diverging diamond interchange where both of the roads meet. The project will connect I-10 to the new terminal of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, and is expected to be completed in 2022 after starting construction in late 2019.
Time Stamps:
St. Tammany Parish: 0:00-4:05
Twin Span Bridge: 4:06-8:21
New Orleans: 8:22-29:12
Metairie: 29:13-34:37
Kenner: 34:38-37:13
St. Charles Parish: 37:14

[@younghurricane1995]

Miss this a lot! I've always loved New Orleans and still do to this day! Glad I experienced the culture and food there!

[@cometthemountainlion181]

32:47 I went to Shreveport many times as a child. I remember the bridges on I-20 there had a similar density of bumps.

[@w-josh]

I-20 through Shreveport is rough, & I-220 isn’t really any better!

[@julinalilly7439]

Awesome drive along I 10 West New Orleans

[@MileageMikeTravels]

👌

[@derrickbrown3120]

Man, that's a huge area! Lots of freeway, and spread out

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Yeah it was nice to drive.

[@user-fl7yj5du5m]

Lived in Metarie and Slidell back in the 70's

[@user-fl7yj5du5m]

I lived in Metarie and Slidell La. back in the the 1970's. I liked Slidell and from what I've seen on line, it has grown a lot!

[@MasonColemanWright1234]

I been to Slidell to Baton Rouge on I 12

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Nice

[@LiamBMP]

Good job on reaching 10K subscribers the other day

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks!

[@watthairston1483]

How do you capture that road ambience without all the wind noise? Thanks for the ride...

[@MileageMikeTravels]

I just keep the windows up.

[@Graphics_Card]

And 4k camera

[@PelicanGuy]

9:44: You go from sea level to below sea level.

[@resilience4lyfe331]

I can feel it…the whole way from wherever and the drops!

[@donavanjohnson409]

I been to Louisiana but never been to New Orleans

[@geoffmarshall6925]

Crazy how far east the city limit stretches. Why does the city include so much non-developed marsh area?

[@masonwrightfreeway1234]

New Orleans look like Chicago and Los Angeles

[@Imchriswalker]

A little bit, huh? 😂

[@ryanearles2024]

Did you also film I-310, I-510 and Business US-90 in NOLA as well?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Not this time. This is the last New Orleans area video for now.

[@ryanearles2024]

@@MileageMikeTravels Awwww. Ok. When will you be back in the NOLA?

[@w-josh]

US-90BUS would give a great view of Downtown

[@leroyplateaux7515]

Can you do I510 & the green bridge? It’s near chalmette

[@ryanearles2024]

He will do so the next time Mike visits the NOLA. You'll just have to stay tuned.

[@resilience4lyfe331]

That’s a dipper for real

[@isaiahmacallister7760]

That skyline bigger than Dallas TX, San Antonio TX, Austin TX, I never been to New Orleans but you bet I wanna go! I'm from Houston Texas but I been to Louisiana a bunch of times, just not New Orleans which is sad especially If you take a trip to Florida driving I-10 going east lol.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Wow didn’t know New Orleans had a bigger skyline than Dallas.

[@w-josh]

it actually doesn’t take but 15 mins off the route to use I-10 the whole way instead of using I-12 to bypass the area, so that would be fun to try maybe next time you’re heading in that direction

[@bluebirdbus6678]

so u wernt taking kme to my grandmas house when u skipped the exit to burmaster st

[@bluebirdbus6678]

girl what was i thinking when i typed this-