01:33 PM CDT on Friday, September 9, 2005

Jill Hezeau / WWL-TV Traffic Reporter

Link to Re-entry map from State Police: http://www.lsp.org/pdf/KatrinaReentryPlanMap.pdf

St Charles: Only St. Charles parish residents can return to their homes. There is no power, low fuel and no food. If you must return home, please bring supplies with you. Hwy 90, I-10, Hwy 3127 I-310 and Airline are all open.

Terrebonne: No road closures. Use Hwy 90 or the Sunshine Bridge.

Lafourche: Go directly to your homes. Hwy 1 is closed between Golden Meadow and Grande Isle. Lafourche parish has set up a checkpoint at Leon Theriot Floodgates. Authorities emergency traffic only, will be able to travel south from this point. Grande Isle police will escort residents to the island.

St. James: Open to residents only.

St. John: Open to residents only. You need your ID. US 51 is closed at I-10 due to high water. If you are already back in town, please stay off of Airline Hwy because many residents are returning to Jefferson Parish.

Jefferson: Here's the link to re-entry information: http://www.jeffparish.net. Hwy 90 at Orleans Parish is closed. I-10 eastbound at Causeway Blvd is closed. River Rd at the Orleans Parish line is closed. Airline Hwy is open, but I-10 is restricted to emergency vehicles. The Huey P. Long Bridge, Jefferson Hwy and River Ridge are all open. Belle Chase Tunnel closed. Westbank Expy (upper and lower level) is closed from Avondale to Manhattan due to flooding. Airline at Shrewsbury Rd is closed. Causeway received some damage in the hurricane and is only open to emergency vehicles.

Orleans: All roads into the city are closed. The Highrise is not safe to cross. Hwy 90 at Chef Menteur Hwy is closed. The Crescent City Connection is closed.

Plaquemines: All roads into the Plaquemines are closed. All roads into New Orleans closed.

St. Bernard: All roads closed into St. Bernard are closed.

St. Tammany: State police say all interstate and major highways are open except I-10 into New Orleans, I-10 and the Twinspans and the Causeway. Residents please bring your ID. Routes to St Tammany: I-59 southbound to I-12. I-12 is open. I-10 is open into Slidell until Old SPanish Trail.

Washington: State police say all interstate and major highways are open.

Tangiphoa: State police say all interstate and major highways are open except I-55 southbound to Laplace.

Florida Hwy Patrol: I-10 is open towards Louisiana, however Hwy 90 is closed in parts of Mississippi. Hwy 90 at the East Pearl River Bridge (La/Ms state line) closed at the 300 mile marker. The road will remain closed from 7 a.m. Thursday, Sept 8th-Saturday, Sept. 10th at 6 p.m.

For more information:

Hwy 90 between Lafayette and St Charles Parish line/Lafourche parish line is open.

Hwy 308 at the Valentine Bridge closed.

Hwy 3185 (Thibodeaux Bypass) is closed.

Bourg Larose Hwy is closed.

Hwy 11 Bridge is closed.

For more information go to state police's website: http://www.lsp.org