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I-49 Louisiana Road Conditions
Radar and live pavement conditions on the 207 miles of I-49 in Louisiana — plus closures, road work and city-by-city weather across the state.
Updated Sep 10, 2026 7:43 PM CDT · Mostly dry, wet in places
Lowest 80°F near Lafayette, Louisiana · Highest wind 10 mph near Shreveport, Louisiana
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I-49 runs 207 miles across Louisiana. It passes Shreveport and Lafayette.
- Interstate: I-49
- State: Louisiana
- Length in state: 207 mi
Weather data from Sep 10, 2026 7:43 PM CDT
80°F
93°F
10 mph
29.89-29.95 inHg
Current I-49 in Louisiana Conditions by State
Louisiana I-49 in Louisiana road conditions
Dry
- Shreveport 93°F · 10 mph wind · Dry
- Lafayette 80°F · 1 mph wind · Dry
I-49 crosses 207 miles of Louisiana, from the Arkansas line to its end in the state. That is 38% of I-49's 548 miles.
Inside Louisiana it meets I-20 at Shreveport, and I-10 at Lafayette.
No full closures are reported on I-49 in Louisiana as of Sep 10, 2026 7:43 PM CDT, and no lane closures or roadworks either. Always check with the responsible state DOT before setting off.
| Place | Snow a year | Snow days | Freezing nights | Freeze–thaw days | First freeze | Last freeze | Days over 90°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shreveport | 1" | 0.8 | 31.8 | 30.7 | Nov 20 | Mar 11 | 87.7 |
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, from a weather station in Louisiana. A dash is a figure that station does not report, not a zero.
Towns Along I-49 in Louisiana
From Shreveport to Scott, with the position of each town measured along this stretch itself — counted from the Shreveport end, not from a state milepost, so it will not match the numbers on the signs.
- 1 mi Shreveport 2.1 mi off the road
- 16 mi Stonewall 3.4 mi off the road
- 70 mi Natchitoches 3.0 mi off the road
- 120 mi Pineville 3.4 mi off the road
- 122 mi Alexandria 1.5 mi off the road
- 132 mi Woodworth 2.9 mi off the road
- 157 mi Bunkie 4.3 mi off the road
- 188 mi Opelousas
- 197 mi Sunset
- 203 mi Carencro
- 207 mi Lafayette 3.8 mi off the road
- 207 mi Scott 4.9 mi off the road
Places from the US Census Gazetteer and population estimates, both public domain; distances measured along this page's own route geometry.
Summaries fetched Sep 10, 2026 7:03 AM CDT
Shreveport, LA weather
- In Shreveport, LA, the current weather is sunny with a temperature of 79°F and a high feels-like temperature expected to reach 101°F later today, which poses a low risk related to temperature impacts for outdoor activities
- Humidity is high at 90%, and winds are blowing from the southwest at 3 mph
- The atmospheric pressure is measured at 30.06 inHg, and visibility is good at 10.0 miles
- There are no active weather alerts at this time.
I-49 in Louisiana Road Weather FAQ
- Is Interstate 49 in Louisiana closed right now?
- No full closures are reported on I-49 in Louisiana. No lane closures or roadworks are reported either.
- What are I-49 in Louisiana road conditions today?
- The map on this page colors the route along I-49 in Louisiana by what is on the pavement right now — dry, wet, slush, snow or ice — from radar and surface data, last updated Sep 10, 2026 7:43 PM CDT. Right now temperatures run from 80°F to 93°F and the strongest wind is 10 mph.
- Where are Louisiana road closures reported officially?
- Louisiana's official traveler information service is 511la.org, and it is where closures and restrictions are reported.
- How often are I-49 in Louisiana 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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