Interstate 10 from the Alabama/Florida state line almost to Tallahassee has been closed since Wednesday evening. Conditions have now improved.
Following snow, sleet and ice that arrived in the Big Bend and South Georgia Tuesday due to a winter storm, a large stretch of a major highway shut down Wednesday evening.
Trucker Alexis Barnett was trying to make the trip Wednesday from Destin to Sarasota when Florida shut down I-10 and re-routed traffic onto Highway 90. That’s when the driving started getting treacherous. “Going up the hills and down the hills, it was nothing but black ice. Just a sheet of ice,” she said.
Interstate 10 continues to be closed in both directions from the Alabama, Florida state line to Exit 192 in Gadsden County.
Forecasters said it was too early to tell whether the ice and snow would approach or beat Tallahassee’s all-time snowfall record of 2.8 inches set in 1958.
Parts of Interstate 10 are reopening Thursday.I-10 was closed between the Florida-Alabama state line and Gadsden County outside Tallahassee.Tha
Record-breaking snow accumulation was reported across the Florida Panhandle and prompted the Florida Highway Patrol to shut down some major roadways by early Tuesday evening.
The winter storm that hit northwest Florida on Tuesday, January 21, left several parts of Interstate 10 closed into Wednesday morning.This footage from the Florida Department of Transportation’s live traffic cameras shows conditions on Wednesday morning along Interstate 10 in Santa Rosa County.
After a historic winter storm hit the Interstate 10 corridor on Tuesday, parts of the vital east-west artery remain closed due to icy road conditions in
Interstate 10 from the Alabama/Florida state line almost to Tallahassee has been closed since Wednesday evening. Conditions have now improved.
drive with caution and before getting on the road check FL511.com for updated closures in your area,” the Florida Department of Transportation wrote on X. Almost 200 miles of Interstate 10 are ...
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