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  • Lane Clearing

    Scarborough Lane Clearing

    Posted Jul 10, 2023
    Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department workers are clearing overhanging foliage and limbs from parish road rights-of-way. Currently, the parish side-boom cutter is working on Scarborough Lane.
  • Cycle

    Cycle Plant Rd Closure

    Posted Jul 4, 2023
    A section of Cycle Plant Rd will begin reconstruction Wednesday, July 5 and is scheduled to be completed in 30 days.
  • Caplis Sligo Rd

    Caplis Sligo Road Work Continues

    Posted Feb 28, 2023
    Overlay of Caplis Sligo Rd. near the intersection of Sligo Rd. continues despite bouts of bad weather. While contractors move ahead with the project, traffic is reduced to one lane in the work area. Motorists are asked to proceed with caution and to be on the lookout for workers and equipment.
  • Old Brownlee

    Old Brownlee Road Repairs Update

    Posted Feb 22, 2023
    Portions of Old Brownlee near Wemple Rd. and Secret Cove in Lakewood subdivision are undergoing repair by crews from the Bossier Parish Police Jury's highway department.
  • Foster Road

    Road Closure: Foster Road

    Posted Feb 13, 2023
    A portion of Foster Rd. in south Bossier Parish has been closed by the Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department for replacement of a culvert.
  • Snow Plow

    January 31: Weather Advisory

    Posted Jan 31, 2023
    Bossier Parish is not in a winter weather warning but a winter weather advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for portions of northeast Texas and northern Louisiana near and north of the I-20 corridor through 9 a.m. Wednesday with freezing rain a possibility.
  • Poole

    Poole Rd. Closure Information

    Posted Jan 5, 2023
    A section of Poole Rd. in south Bossier Parish will be closed beginning Monday, Jan. 9 through the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 13 to repair a culvert. Site of the closure is 2.8 miles southeast of U.S. Hwy. 71.
  • High Water

    High Water Update: January 3, 2023

    Posted Jan 3, 2023
    A severe storm front moving across the area Monday dumped heavy rains causing flood waters to rise over roads and, in one case, the washout of a section of roadway in northern Bossier Parish.
  • ART

    Arthur Ray Teague Parkway (ART) Road Work

    Posted Oct 12, 2022
    Highway department workers for the Bossier Parish Police Jury are cutting out and repairing sections of the Arthur Ray Teague Parkway (ART) in preparation for an asphalt overlay project on the roadway that is scheduled to begin soon.
  • Road Work

    North South Roadwork Update

    Posted Oct 8, 2022
    Contractors are beginning to drive pilings on the future bridge over Cypress Bayou, part of the north/south corridor project connecting I-220 at Swan Lake Rd. to LA Hwy. 162 via Crouch Rd.
  • North South Road Work

    North - South Roadway Work Continues

    Posted Sep 29, 2022
    Work is steadily moving ahead on the northern section of the parish's north-south roadway that will eventually connect I-220 at Swan Lake Rd. with LA Hwy. 162 via Crouch Rd. Completion of the extension from Swan Lake Rd. at the Flat River bridge to Crouch Rd. is expected to take two years.
  • Sligo

    Caplis Sligo Road Work

    Posted Sep 15, 2022
    Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury are scheduled to begin road construction on Caplis Sligo Rd. from Sligo Rd. to Shadow Ridge Dr. beginning Monday, Sept. 19.
  • Roads

    Highway Department Maintenance

    Posted Aug 11, 2022
    Maintenance projects on Bossier Parish roads is more than adding either a new surface of asphalt or replacing damaged areas on the roadways.
  • Firetower Road

    Road Work Continues

    Posted Aug 9, 2022
    Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department workers are moving ahead with maintenance on parish roads, including repair and overlay projects throughout the parish.
  • Road

    Road Closure: Bodcau Dam Road

    Posted Aug 5, 2022
    Bodcau Dam Rd. located between Ben Durden Rd. and Duck Dam Rd. has been closed while contractors for the Corp of Engineers make repairs to washouts on the levee section of the roadway.
  • Linton

    Linton Road Overlay

    Posted Aug 2, 2022
    An overlay project on a portion of Linton Rd. from Parks Rd. to Linton Cutoff Rd. is currently underway and crews from the Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department are working to complete the job by the weekend.
  • Bridge Closed

    Flat River Bridge Closure

    Posted Jul 22, 2022
    According to an announcement by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, the LA Hwy. 527 bridge over Flat River in south Bossier Parish will be closed, beginning on Monday, August 1.
  • Bridge

    Linton Road Bridge Open

    Posted Jul 15, 2022
    There'll be no more detours for motorists hoping to drive Linton Rd. over Cypress Black Bayou. A new bridge over the reservoir was officially declared open to traffic Friday shortly after 4 p.m.
  • DOTD

    Jimmie Davis Highway Closure

    Posted Jul 11, 2022
    Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advises motorists that on Sunday, July 17, the westbound lane of LA 511 (Jimmie Davis Hwy.) bridge over the Red River in Caddo and Bossier Parishes will be closed for routine bridge inspection.
  • DOTD

    I-20/I-220 Lane Closure

    Posted Jul 11, 2022
    Beginning Monday, July 18, at 7 a.m., the I-20 eastbound ramp to I-220 westbound (Exit 26 near Louisiana Downs) in Bossier Parish will be closed, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
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