Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020:
Highways, truck stops closed in Louisiana, Texas after Hurricane Laura landfall
Hurricane Laura made landfall around 1 a.m. Central time Thursday as a Category 4 storm along the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Louisiana border. As a result, highways and truck stops in the region are closed.
As of Thursday afternoon, I-10 is closed from the Louisiana/Texas state line to west of the Atchafalaya Basin. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development is directing traffic to detour north to I-20 using U.S. 61, I-55 and I-59.
I-10 remains open in Texas, and the Texas DOT is asking travelers to take U.S. 96 north to I-20.
Additionally, evacuation orders and power outages in affected areas prompted a number of major truck stops to temporarily close locations.
Love’s Travel Stops has five stores that are at least partially closed as of Thursday afternoon, in the following cities:
TravelCenters of America has four stores currently affected by the hurricane, including:
