![]() Repairs may take until mid-November.Ĭaltrans and CHP advise motorists to expect heavy delays, reconsider trips or use alternate state routes as much as possible: SR-126 to US-101, or SR-14 to SR138 or SR-58. Analyzing steel samples and concrete will determine permanent solutions. Much of the timber lagging has fallen off the wall while the remaining boards have burned. The cracks on the asphalt road where it meets the concrete shoulder have widened to two inches. Some of the vertical steel columns are warped, wall tiebacks are broken and horizontal anchors into the dirt may have been damaged. The largest wall is 1,400 feet long and the other is 400 feet long. The retaining walls that support the roadway were severely compromised. The California Highway Patrol will be enforcing all closures. The contractor is moving quickly to get the excavated portion paved prior to the heavy storms expected with Hurricane Kay, scheduled to arrive on Friday, September 9. “The Route Fire caused extensive damage to the two retaining walls, and traffic cannot travel on the two right lanes until more permanent repairs are completed.” “The safety of the motorists and truckers is our primary goal,” said Gloria Roberts, Caltrans District 7 Acting District Director. On Thursday, September 15, motorists will have three lanes to travel on northbound I-5. Phase 2 – All northbound lanes will be closed each night from Sunday, September 11 to Thursday, September 15 for the contractor to grind the existing asphalt shoulder to place a structural section for 6,000 feet just north of the concrete section, and to restripe the lanes. The contractor will place 2,400 feet of asphalt concrete in an already-excavated section that is currently under construction. Phase 1 – All northbound lanes will be closed Thursday, Septemat 10 p.m. ![]() ![]() Motorists are also advised to expect delays on southbound I-5 and to use eastbound SR138 to southbound SR14 as an alternate. Motorists are strongly encouraged to use State Route 14 just north of Sylmar on I-5, State Route 126/Newhall Ranch Road from I-5 to US 101 or US 101 from downtown Los Angeles. This will require three left lanes of southbound I-5 to be closed each time to allow trucks with the radius to turn. Currently two lanes are closed to prevent traffic loads from further stressing the retaining walls damaged in the Route Fire that started on August 31.Įach night of the closure of all northbound lanes, the turnaround gate at Parker Road will be opened to return motorists to southbound I-5. Once completed, motorists will have three through-lanes on northbound I-5. Northbound I-5 Closed in Castaic Several Nights to Prepare Third Lane to Alleviate Congestion as Caltrans Repairs Freeway Due to Route FireĬASTAIC – In preparation of opening a third lane on Interstate 5 in northern Los Angeles County, Caltrans District 7 will fully close the northbound direction for several nights beginning today, to pave the inside shoulder for nearly two miles. Basically, if you must drive on a Thursday or Friday evening, take surface streets.District: 7, Los Angeles and Ventura counties #9: 101 North between the 60/Soto Street and Haskell AvenueĪnd here are all the stats on every freeway through Los Angeles, including the worst day and times each week to drive them-on Thursdays at 6 pm, it'll take a driver more than an hour to traverse the full 14.89 miles of that stretch of the 10 that's the second worst in the US. #7: 5 South between Cesar Chavez and Valley View Avenues #3: 405 North between Century Boulevard and Getty Center Drive #2: 10 East between Twentieth Street and Alameda (Worst delay: 50 minutes!) We bet you won't even have to think very hard to guess what they are.Ģ013's worst places to drive in the United States are: Inrix also highlighted the nation's 10 worst traffic corridors, four of which are in LA. This month alone, Inrix estimates, Angelenos each wasted about five hours just sitting in traffic. In 2013, Angelenos spent 64.4 hours in traffic-that's five more hours than we wasted in 2012, when we were also the city with the worst traffic. Congratulations, you're right: Los Angeles does have the absolute worst traffic in the US, says the latest data from traffic analysis site Inrix (via CBS LA). When you're creeping through traffic for what will amount to years and years of your life, it probably seems like you're navigating the worst traffic anywhere in the country.
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