Traffic was backed up for hours on the Bonnet Carré Spillway after an 18-wheeler caught fire on the bridge Wednesday morning.

A semi-truck that caught on fire Tuesday night on Interstate 10 East over the Bonnet Carré Spillway remains on the Spillway ...

Traffic was backed up for miles during rush-hour traffic Wednesday as officials worked to remove the burned trailer.

Stalled semi truck and multi-car crash blocked I-10 East on Bonnet Carre Spillway, according to Total Traffic.

NEW ORLEANS — A vehicle fire is causing major delays on the Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge Wednesday night near mile marker 217 ...

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — A lane on the Bonnet Carré Spillway has been closed following an overnight vehicle fire. According to ...

Dozens of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel spent Saturday in preparation mode, testing cranes and inspecting the Bonnet Carré Spillway.Sunday’s opening was the first time in nearly five ...

I took this photo shortly after departure from New Orleans on January 11. The lower part of the photo shows the Bonnet Carré Spillway, which had just been opened to divert excess water from the ...

Spraggins said he hopes the Bonnet Carré will open for a much shorter time this year. He said damage would not be as bad if the spillway could be closed by the end of April.

Above: Extracting a needle--very carefully--from the Bonnet Carré Spillway during its opening on January 10, 2016. Each of the 350 concrete bays holds 20 needles. Image credit: Bob Henson. At 10 ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen time since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection for New Orleans' levee system comes at a cost to oysters ...