(The Center Square) – 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 ...

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

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.

The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.

UPDATE: I-10 ALERT: Effective 2 p.m. EST (Jan 23), a portion of WESTBOUND Interstate 10 (I-10) will reopen to traffic from mile marker 70 (State Road 285) to the Alabama/Florida state line. ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. ( WALA) - The Florida Department of Transportation announced that I-10 will be closed in both directions.

Interstate 10 continues to be closed in both directions from the Alabama, Florida state line to Exit 192 in Gadsden County.

Trucker Alexis Barnett was trying to make the trip Wednesday from Destin to Sarasota when Florida shut down I-10 and re-routed traffic onto Highway 90. That’s when the driving started getting treacherous. “Going up the hills and down the hills, it was nothing but black ice. Just a sheet of ice,” she said.

Parts of Interstate 10 are reopening Thursday.I-10 was closed between the Florida-Alabama state line and Gadsden County outside Tallahassee.Tha

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.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Safety announced that crews are hoping to open Interstate 10 in sections by 3 p.m. Friday.

A powerful winter storm blankets the Southern US in snow, causing unprecedented disruption in New Orleans, Texas, and beyond. Record snowfall, flight cancellations, and power outages reported.

Snow fell in Houston and prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border.