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I-49 Interstate Road Conditions
I-49 Road Conditions & Weather
Radar and live pavement conditions along I-49 from Louisiana to Missouri — plus closures, road work and the drive broken down state by state.
Updated Oct 17, 2026 4:19 AM CDT · 3 states · Mostly dry
Lowest 52°F near Shreveport, Louisiana · Highest wind 17 mph near Lafayette, Louisiana
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Interstate 49 (I-49) runs from Lafayette, Louisiana, to Kansas City, Missouri, providing a north–south route through the Ozarks and Gulf Coast region. It passes through cities such as Lafayette, Shreveport, Texarkana, Fayetteville, Joplin, and Kansas City.
- Road system: Interstate Highway System
- Year of construction: 1977
- Length: 548 miles
Weather data from Oct 17, 2026 4:19 AM CDT
52°F
56°F
17 mph
30.31-30.47 inHg
Current I-49 Conditions by State
Louisiana I-49 road conditions
Dry
- Shreveport 53°F · 9 mph wind · Dry
- Lafayette 56°F · 17 mph wind · Dry
I-49 runs 548 miles south to north. The table below covers the 207 miles of it our own route maps hold, in Louisiana.
| State | Miles | Cities and mile markers |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 207 | Lafayette 0 · Shreveport 207 |
Mile markers count from each state's southern line and start again at the next one, which is how most states number their exits as well. They are measured along the same road geometry these pages draw, so they land within a mile or two of the posted markers. A toll road that runs its own continuous numbering is the exception — on the New York Thruway the posts continue from New York City — and there the figure is how far into the state the place is rather than the number on the sign. Distances are measured state by state, never across a gap.
No full closures are reported on I-49 as of Oct 17, 2026 4:19 AM CDT, and no lane closures or roadworks either. Always check with the responsible state DOT before setting off.
No winter report from the DOTs of Missouri has reached this page yet this season. Each state's 511 carries the state's own report; our forecast below is current.
Reports for Missouri come from each state's DOT, entered by maintenance staff and describing what is on the pavement, not the forecast; the state pages carry each DOT's terms and notices. No DOT winter report is read here yet for Louisiana and Arkansas. Always check with the responsible state DOT before setting off.
Louisiana I-49 weather conditions
Summaries fetched Oct 16, 2026 7:03 AM CDT
Shreveport, LA weather
- In Shreveport, LA, the current weather conditions indicate a temperature of 68.7°F with a relative humidity of 91%
- The wind is blowing from the north-northwest at a speed of 12 mph
- Visibility is good at 10.0 miles, and the sky is partly cloudy, covering approximately 40% of the sky
- There are active weather alerts in effect, including a Red Flag Warning from 10:00 AM on October 16 until 1:00 AM on October 17, and a Wind Advisory in place from 4:48 AM on October 16 until 1:00 AM on October 17
- These alerts indicate elevated fire weather conditions and potential hazards due to strong winds.
I-49 Road Weather FAQ
- Is I-49 closed right now?
- No full closures are reported on I-49. No lane closures or roadworks are reported either.
- What are I-49 road conditions today?
- The map on this page colors the route along I-49 by what is on the pavement right now — dry, wet, slush, snow or ice — from radar and surface data, last updated Oct 17, 2026 4:19 AM CDT. Right now temperatures run from 52°F to 56°F and the strongest wind is 17 mph.
- How long is Interstate 49, and which states does it cross?
- I-49 runs 548 miles south to north through 3 states: Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri. The 207 miles our own route maps hold are in Louisiana. Mile markers restart at each state line, so Shreveport is around mile 207 in Louisiana.
- How often are I-49 road conditions updated?
- The road surface and weather layers are rebuilt whenever this page is opened with data more than ten minutes old, and refreshed on a schedule in between, so nothing here is more than about two hours old even on a road nobody has looked at. Closures and road blocks are re-imported from the state 511 feeds every fifteen minutes, and the written state-by-state summaries are refreshed daily. Every section on this page carries the time its data was fetched.
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