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Towing and Roadside Help in Louisiana

Broken down in Louisiana? Call 1-888-TOW-1213. We lock your price by text, send the nearest available partner tow company and stay with you until help arrives.

If anyone is hurt or you're stopped in a live lane, call 911 first.

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How it works in Louisiana. Sentinel Towing is a network, not a tow company. A vetted local partner near you does the job. We stay with you by text and hold them to your locked price.

Towing by City in Louisiana

New Orleans, LATowing in New Orleans on I-10, I-610 and the bridges.

Roadside guides for Louisiana

Bayous, big rivers, long bridges

A Lot of Louisiana Driving Happens Over Water

I-10 runs 274.42 miles across the south of the state. From the Texas line it crosses the Calcasieu River into Lake Charles, runs past Jennings and Crowley, and meets I-49 in Lafayette. Then comes the Atchafalaya Swamp Freeway, an 18.2-mile bridge over the Atchafalaya River and the swamp around it. East of Baton Rouge, I-10 dips south to serve New Orleans, then crosses Lake Pontchartrain toward Slidell and Mississippi.

A breakdown on a bridge that long leaves you few choices. Put your hazards on, stay belted in, and call with your direction and the last exit you passed. When the Atchafalaya crossing has to close, traffic can be sent on a signed detour by way of US 190 through Opelousas.

I-12 runs 85.59 miles along the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, from Baton Rouge through Denham Springs, Hammond and the Covington and Mandeville area to Slidell. It crosses I-55 at Hammond, and lots of I-10 through traffic takes it to skip New Orleans.
I-20 covers 189.84 miles across the north, from the Texas line through Shreveport and Bossier City, Minden, Ruston and Monroe to the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.
I-49 is the north-south link that ties I-10 at Lafayette to I-20 at Shreveport.

Gulf weather, all year

Heat, Downpours and High Water

Summers in the south of the state are long, hot and wet, with daytime highs around 90 or more from June through September. Heat like that is hard on batteries and tires. Louisiana also averages over 60 thunderstorm days a year, more than any state but Florida, and summer storms bring short, heavy downpours.

The state is very exposed to hurricanes, and the low ground around New Orleans most of all. Bayous, marshes and inlets let a big storm push water across a wide area. Snow is rare near the Gulf, though northern Louisiana sees a dusting a few times a decade, and lows near 20 degrees happen there on occasion.

We send partners for jump starts, flat tires and local tows. If the car stalled in standing water, ask for a tow, not a jump.

Two Louisiana road rules

Move over. Under R.S. 32:125, when a vehicle with flashing warning lights, including green, amber or yellow ones, is parked on or near the highway, drivers on a road with two or more lanes their way must change to a lane that isn't next to it when safe. If they can't, they must slow to a reasonably safe speed.

Protect traffic. R.S. 32:141 says a driver whose car is disabled in a travel lane must get it removed as soon as possible and protect traffic until then. Between sunset and sunrise, the car must show lights.

Check 511 Louisiana for closures before a long drive.

Louisiana Questions

Who actually shows up when I call?

A vetted tow company near you, not a Sentinel truck. We text you the price and lock it first, then send the driver's name, photo and truck so you know who to expect.

Roadside help in Louisiana

Towing and Roadside Services Across Louisiana

Sentinel is a 24-hour towing and roadside assistance network across Louisiana. Tell us where you are, and we send a vetted local towing company near you with a truck suited to the job: a tow truck for a car that can't be driven (a flatbed where the vehicle needs one), or a service truck for a jump start, lockout, flat tire, fuel delivery or winch-out.