Beginning Saturday, February 27 at 12:01 a.m., workers plan to temporarily close Highland Road at the Kansas City Southern Railroad Crossing for the weekend as part of a Green Light Plan project to widen the roadway.

The roadway at the railroad crossing east of Interstate 10 will remain temporarily closed over the weekend (February 27 and 28) and will re-open to the traveling public by 5 a.m. on Monday, March 1, weather permitting.  The closure is necessary to install new railroad crossing panels in this area of the project.

Motorists should prepare to use Airline Highway and Perkins Road East as primary roadways for detours.  These detour routes, along with alternate travel directions, are depicted in the detour route reference map attached to this advisory.

Message signs warning of the closure will be posted near the crossing on Highland Road to alert motorists of the roadway closure, and motorists are strongly encouraged to remain alert, focused and exercise caution when traveling in the vicinity.  Travel times may be affected, and motorists are encouraged to factor in potential delays when traveling in the area during the weekend closure.

Work began last January to widen Highland Road from Perkins Road to Airline Highway as part of the Green Light Plan to relieve congestion on major traffic arteries in East Baton Rouge Parish.  The Highland Road project will replace a two-lane undivided roadway with a four-lane boulevard and a raised median from Perkins Road to Airline Highway.  The project will also include new bridge crossings at Ward’s Creek and Old Ward’s Creek and a new railway crossing at the Kansas City Southern Railroad.

Highland Construction Detour