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.

UPDATE: I-10 ALERT: Effective 2 p.m. EST (Jan 23), a portion of WESTBOUND Interstate 10 (I-10) will reopen to traffic from mile marker 70 (State Road 285) to the Alabama/Florida state line. ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. ( WALA) - The Florida Department of Transportation announced that I-10 will be closed in both directions.

That forecast was later updated to 4-6 inches. An extreme cold warning is also in effect for the area. PPD asked to close north end of 3 Mile Bridge Roads have deteriorated in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties and it appears the Gen.

Interstate 10 continues to be closed in both directions from the Alabama, Florida state line to Exit 192 in Gadsden County.

A portion of I-10 eastbound reopened to traffic from the Alabama/Florida State Line toMile Marker 70.This means that I-10 is now reopen

Florida Highway Patrol Sergeant Dylan Bryan said one semi-truck involved in the crash became "engulfed in flames" when the collision happened.

UPDATE: The stretch of U.S. 90 from Galliver Cut Off to Summertime Dr is no longer listed as closed at the FDOT's FL511 site. Although temperatures are creeping up and the snow and ice are melting, icy conditions are still forcing some road closures in the Panhandle.

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.

Image 1 of 4 Crash along a snowy Interstate 10 in Florida. (Florida Highway Patrol) "I don’t have to tell anybody that we’re not necessarily used to walking in a winter wonderland here in Florida," DeSantis said during a news briefing at the state’s ...

Interstate 10 from the Alabama/Florida state line almost to Tallahassee has been closed since Wednesday evening. Conditions have now improved.