NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A fire at the Parisite Skatepark forced an early morning closure of Interstate 610 on Tuesday (April 21), New Orleans police said.
The skate park sits beneath an I-610 overpass near Paris Avenue. Concerned that smoke rising from beneath the overpass or heat damage underneath would endanger motorists, the NOPD stopped traffic in both directions and diverted drivers off I-610 starting around 6:45 a.m.
The interstate was reopened by New Orleans police at 10:05 a.m., after structural engineers said the bridge passed a safety inspection…