Interstate 10 from the Louisiana-Texas state line to as far east as Sorrento or Gramercy could be fully open to traffic in both directions at some point Thursday afternoon, Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Joe Donahue said.

Interstate 10 reopened to westbound traffic from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas border, the Department of Transportation and Development announced mid-afternoon Wednesday. The update comes after a historic winter storm brought several inches of snow to the gulf coast and shut down most of I-10 between Texas and Mississippi.

Louisiana DOTD officials have closed a large part of interstate 10 due to the icy conditions on the road. DOTD says that I-10 is closed in both directions from the Louisiana-Texas state line to Baton Rouge.

Interstate 10 from the Baton Rouge metro area to the Louisiana-Texas state line reopened to both eastbound and westbound traffic Thursday afternoon, the Department of Transportation and Development announced.

The Interstate 10 closure spans nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development says Interstate 10 has reopened from the Texas/Louisiana line to U.S. 165 near Iowa, Louisiana, east

After a historic winter storm hit the Interstate 10 corridor on Tuesday, parts of the vital east-west artery remain closed due to icy road conditions in both Louisiana and Florida. In Louisiana, the Department of Transportation and Development has closed Interstate 10 from the small community of Iowa in Calcasieu Parish just

A significant portion of I-10 is closed in both directions in Louisiana west of Baton Rouge to the Texas border.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation on Wednesday shut down 230 miles of Interstate 10 from the Texas state line to New Orleans.

The latest closure means that nearly three-quarters of Louisiana’s portion of the coast-to-coast highway is shut. A rare winter storm brought record snowfall to the state on Tuesday.

A dangerous winter storm sweeping across the South is dumping heavy snow across Houston and other major metropolitan areas along the Interstate 10 corridor.

A powerful winter storm, fueled by a whirling mass of Arctic air, brought much of the Sun Belt to a standstill and plunged temperatures into the teens. Warmer temperatures weren’t expected until the weekend.