BATON ROUGE - The State Department of Transportation and Development plans to close down a handful of major roadways in the capitol area to offload a stalled 18-wheeler that is transporting an oversized load. 

According to LaDOTD, an emergency closure will take place from 8 p.m. July 30 to 4 a.m. on July 31.

I-12 Westbound will be closed at US 61 (Airline Highway). I-10 Westbound will be shut down between the I-10/12 merge and the I-10/110 merge. 

Traffic on I-10 Westbound will be detoured to I-12 Eastbound at US 61 (Airline Highway). 

This is a developing story. We have reached out to LaDOTD for more information.