Caltrans: Commuter Alert I-405/101
Connector Closure this Weekend
(See attached file: Emergency Closure march 27 2009.doc)
State of California • Department of Transportation
NEWS RELEASE
Date: Friday, March 27, 2009
District 7: Los Angeles & Ventura Counties
Contact: Maria Raptis
Phone: 213-897-9372
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FREEWAY CONNECTOR CLOSURE THIS WEEKEND
NORTHBOUND SAN DIEGO FREEWAY (I-405) CONNECTOR
TO NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND VENTURA FREEWAY (U.S.-101)
Los Angeles – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will
close the northbound San Diego Freeway (I-405) connector to both the
northbound and southbound Ventura Freeway (U.S.-101) for emergency pavement
repairs beginning tonight, Friday, March 27, at 11:59 p.m. The closure is
expected to continue throughout the weekend until Monday morning, March 30,
at 5 a.m., before the morning commute.
The Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp to U.S.-101 will fully close throughout the
weekend. Signed detours will be posted.
Early this morning, a pavement crack located on the shoulder and into the
#4 lane (far right) was noticed on the connector approach bridge slab above
Ventura Boulevard in the Sherman Oaks area.
Peterson Chase General Engineering Construction, Inc. of Irvine, CA., has
been awarded the emergency contract.
Motorists are advised to avoid this area, if possible, throughout the
weekend and to expect delays
