I-10 in Louisiana

The interstates in Louisiana are always in rough shape and their secondary roads are worse. Whatever they spend their federal road gas tax money on, it doesn't seem to be the roads.

Thank you is I-10 worse than I-20

I-10 in Baton Rouge can be very bad. Don't get there during or close to rush hours.
I-10 also has the Atchafalaya Bridge which is long and a little rough but the main concern is if they have a wreck, you will be stuck for a long time or a long detour. Watch the traffic reports.
I-20 is bad in Shreveport. Use the loop.
I-20 has a lot of washboard areas but not too bad.
I-20 There was construction around the Texas/La line back in June. Do not know if completed or not.

Construction on the Texas side and frequent wreck. Drive slow in that area. Probably another year to completion.
The worst part of I-10 through Louisiana is west dis of Lake Charles. One mile east and west of mile marker 21 is bone jarring. Don't believe you can drive slow enough to help in that area.

Thank you for the replies.We will be leaving Florida end of next June heading towards Colorado Springs. I’m trying to figure out which interstate to take until outside of Dallas and then cut though to Amirillo. I had thought about taking I-10 then I-12 until Baton Rouge then go up to Shreveport, then go towards Dallas.

Divert up to I-20 via Hattiesburg, AL. That's our path and we've done it a lot. We tried something different this time taking US 82 across but I can't recomend it. Until you get to Paris the road quality is good for 20 miles then bad and rutted. Past Paris it is good. US 287 on the other side of DFW is the way to go, fast, good road and drops you close to CO.

The only good thing about I 10 thru Louisiana is that it passes through Cajun country -- amazing food and music everywhere. So if you're tired of getting pounded by the bad pavement, just hop off the freeway and enjoy!

I bypass I-10 in LA from Baton Rouge (just west of the Mississippi River) all the way into Texas at Vidor by using US-190, LA-12 & TX-12. Good Cajun food available along this route as well.

We make the journey to Florida often--and also to Colorado. Since we live in the middle I will dare to make a suggestion:

At Mobile take US highways through Alabama and Mississippi to Jackson, MS and pick up I 20. Take the loop around Shreveport (and slow down on the short rough section just before the loop.)

Watch for Exit 628 soon after entering Texas. Exit there and take US 80 to near Marshall, TX but watch for loop 390 which will take you around the town to the north--hardly a slow down. Exit the loop onto US 59 toward Texarkana, but exit at Jefferson onto TX 49.

Follow TX 49 all the way to Mount Pleasant, TX where you will pick up US 271 north to Paris Texas. Take the loop south around Paris (again no slow up) From the loop around Paris pick up US 82 West. Follow 82 all the way to Wichita Falls where you will join US 287 to Amarillo. Watch for the loop around North (it's Loop 335) to pick up US 87 N to Dumas, TX and on through Dalhart to Raton, NM where you will join I-25 on over Raton Pass into Colorado.

I know it seems complicated but it is a route with which we are familiar--every mile. Best of all it completely avoids DFW and the traffic there. US 82 follows the Red River (near the Oklahoma line) and we have found we have to go that far north to avoid Dallas/Fort Worth.

Thank you for the detailed reply. I take it that there are good gas stations to pull into with a 32’ fifth wheel