MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: Louisiana, October 2026

Name: MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026: Louisiana
Creator: MileCheck

by MileCheck · November 2, 2026

What Louisiana's department of transportation (DOT) feed showed in October 2026. Part of the national MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026.

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How we got these numbers: These are unique alerts published by Louisiana's department of transportation (DOT) feed, from a daily copy taken Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. Each alert is counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data, so compare each place with its own earlier months. Fire figures are as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

18crash alerts in October

250closure alerts

517roadwork alerts

2wildfire records, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

Louisiana's road feed carried 18 crash alerts in October.

Routes with the most crash alerts

I-10 — 11
US-90 — 2
I-510 — 1

Closures and roadwork

250 closures and 517 roadwork records were on Louisiana's feed in October, out of 809 alerts of all types.

Routes with the most alerts in Louisiana

I-10 — 147
US-90 — 43
I-49 — 25
I-12 — 21
LA-39 — 21

Compared with earlier months

Unique alerts on Louisiana's feed in each full month MileCheck has.

By month

September — 761 alerts: 32 crashes, 226 closures, 498 roadwork
October — 809 alerts: 18 crashes, 250 closures, 517 roadwork

Wildfires

The national wildfire feed listed 2 fire records in Louisiana as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Kelsey (Union County), 131 acres, 95% contained
Wild Goose (Natchitoches County), 43 acres, containment not published

Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.

Live fire perimeters are at milecheckapp.com/fire.

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