Page 17 - Caltrans Quickmap News Today

– 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,

The California Department of Transportation, (CalTrans) is scheduled to close all northbound 5 Freeway lanes through Castaic during overnight hours, periodically over the next week for Route Fire repairs. 

For the safety of motorists and truckers, the California Department of Transportation will keep the two right lanes closed on northbound Interstate 5 north of Lake Hughes Road to before Templin Highway for the time being to further evaluate integrity of the freeway lanes and two retaining walls damaged in the Route Fire that started on Aug. 31.

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Caltrans and the CHP announced that two lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway are set to remain closed through Labor Day weekend for emergency repairs due to the Route Fire.

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The Six Rivers Lightning Complex remains in unified command with California Interagency Incident Management Team 14, California Highway Patrol, Trinity County Sheriff, and Humboldt County Sheriff. The Six Rivers Lightning Complex is currently 36,944 acres with 54% containment and 1,890 person

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A big mess of spilled tomatoes had traffic severely backed up along Interstate 80 through Vacaville on Monday morning.