Traffic Alert: Both directions of Interstate 610 in New Orleans to close Saturday night

If your usual route takes you through New Orleans on Interstate 610, you'll want to remember that the roadway will close both ways beginning Saturday night.Crews will close off I-610 at 10 p.m. and reopen it at 5 a.m. Monday, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development said.Officials said the closure will help facilitate the Wisner Boulevard bridge overpass replacement project, which began in December. The $19.5 million project is expected to be complete in the spring of 2017.Related: New, improved Wisner Boulevard bridge to replace old structure built 50 years agoMotorists should be advised that I-610 westbound from Franklin Avenue to Interstate 10 will be closed in its entirety. The same closure will take place on I-610 eastbound from the I-10 split to St. Bernard Avenue.Eastbound detours during the closure include I-10 East to the Metairie Road/City Park Avenue exit, I-10 East to the North Claiborne Avenue exit, and I-10 East to the Elysian Fields Avenue exit.Westbound detours include the Chef Menteur Highway or Franklin Avenue exits and I-10 West to the Florida Boulevard or West End exit.More information about the project can be found online.

If your usual route takes you through New Orleans on Interstate 610, you'll want to remember that the roadway will close both ways beginning Saturday night.

Crews will close off I-610 at 10 p.m. and reopen it at 5 a.m. Monday, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development said.

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Officials said the closure will help facilitate the Wisner Boulevard bridge overpass replacement project, which began in December. The $19.5 million project is expected to be complete in the spring of 2017.

Related: New, improved Wisner Boulevard bridge to replace old structure built 50 years ago

Motorists should be advised that I-610 westbound from Franklin Avenue to Interstate 10 will be closed in its entirety. The same closure will take place on I-610 eastbound from the I-10 split to St. Bernard Avenue.

Eastbound detours during the closure include I-10 East to the Metairie Road/City Park Avenue exit, I-10 East to the North Claiborne Avenue exit, and I-10 East to the Elysian Fields Avenue exit.

Westbound detours include the Chef Menteur Highway or Franklin Avenue exits and I-10 West to the Florida Boulevard or West End exit.

More information about the project can be found online.