A major accident involving eight vehicles caused multiple injuries and closed Interstate 10 westbound at the Bullard Avenue exit in the Little Woods area of New Orleans Tuesday, according to Total Traffic New Orleans .

I-10 east from Gramercy in the Baton Rouge area to the Mississippi state line has remained closed since Tuesday after 10 inches of snow dropped on the New Orleans area. Officials have made strides in opening most of the city's other major roadways, but were still working to clear off ice from the popular thoroughfare.

An eight-vehicle crash on westbound I-10 at Read Boulevard in New Orleans East has traffic diverted at Bullard Avenue. Drivers are urged to avoid the area.

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — All lanes on Interstate 10 in New Orleans East are closed following a crash. Details of the crash are limited but officials with the Department of Transportation and Development are reporting traffic is being diverted to Bullard Avenue. Congestion has reached Paris Road.

Interstate 10 westbound was closed for nearly an hour after a multi-car accident in New Orleans East. The interstate fully reopened just before 7 a.m. with congestion reaching five miles. The accident was first reported at 5:29 a.m. between Read Boulevard and Bullard Avenue. Details are still limited, and no word on injuries.

Interstate 10, including the highrise, twin spans and bonnet carre spillway in New Orleans metro to slidell are now open, DOTD and NOPD says.

From New Orleans to Jefferson Parish, there is gridlock on every major alternate road including Earhart, Airline, Veterans, and Jefferson Davis Parkway.

The Interstate 10 closure spanned nearly the entire state, ending west of the Mississippi state line east of New Orleans. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) had deployed crews traveling in both directions to treat the interstate's surfaces in an effort to restore normal traffic flow.

One person is dead, and another has been arrested after a crash on Interstate 10 in New Orleans on Sunday, Jan. 19.

Local interstates and elevated bridges will close early Tuesday morning as freezing temperatures and snow impact the New Orleans area. Interstate 10 will be closed at 4 a.m. in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Charles parishes, according to DOTD.

Florida late on Wednesday closed a more than 200-mile stretch of Interstate 10 from the Alabama state line to Exit 192, the U.S. 90 junction, in Gadsden County “due to remaining snow, ice, and water on the roadway combined with incoming hard freeze temperatures overnight resulting in icy and dangerous conditions on bridges and roadways.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — One person is dead, and another has been arrested after a crash on Interstate 10 in New Orleans on Sunday, Jan. 19. The NOPD reported the crash happened on I-10 East at the ...