REOPENED The interstate is open again, but one eastbound lane remains closed near Holt from mile marker 47 to mile marker 49. Note that some ramps may remain closed due to icy conditions.
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.
Interstate 10 continues to be closed in both directions from the Alabama, Florida state line to Exit 192 in Gadsden County.
A 200-mile stretch of interstate-10 through the Panhandle that was closed for most of the day has completely reopened. The Department of Transportation reopened the last section from Jackson County to Tallahassee at 7:00 p.
Frozen temperatures created an icy mess overnight in Northwest Florida, but as the sun rose Thursday some roads and bridges began to reopen.
The Florida Department of Transportation announced I-10 will be closed from the Alabama state line to Tallahassee on Tuesday due to overnight "hard freeze tempe
Milton saw almost 9 inches of snow in a historic winter storm storm that shattered the previous 130-year record.
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.
The interstate was closed from the Alabama/Florida state line to U.S. 90 (exit 192) just west of Tallahassee, a distance of almost 200 miles.
Officials are asking Panhandle residents to avoid being on the roads. Freezing temperatures mean icy, dangerous conditions.
Storm Warning is in effect for the entire Interstate 10 corridor where snow and ice accumulations could reach 4" over the next 24 hours. Pensacola will likely see the most snowfall in the state while greater amounts of ice are anticipated for cities such as Tallahassee and Jacksonville.
The Leon County Sheriff's Office, Tallahassee Police Department and Florida Highway Patrol compiled a list of road closures due to hazardous conditions. They are: These closures coincide with the closure of almost 200 miles of Interstate 10 between Pensacola and Tallahassee.