A fallen tree cut power to a portion of downtown Ruston about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday.
The outage lasted several hours after a large tree fell on a feeder line next to Trinity Methodist Church on Woodward Avenue (North Service Road).
City crews had to remove the tree before power could be restored.
Traffic backed up on Interstate 20 as motorists struggled with inoperable traffic signals at the end of the exit ramps. As of 5:00 p.m., Woodward Avenue remained closed between Cooktown Road and Trinity.
Inoperable traffic signals should be handled as if the intersection is a four-way stop.
