Date:
April 28, 2014
District:
4 - Oakland
Contact:
Steven A. Williams Allyn Amsk
Phone:
(510) 286-6195 (510) 286-5445
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Interstate 280 Bridge Hinge Replacement Project
104-Hours (4 Days-8-Hours) Road Closure Planned for Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
San Francisco –
Construction has started for a bridge hinge replacement project on Interstate 280 near Cesar Chavez Street. During three extended-holiday weekends, the California Department of Transportation will close I-280 in order to replace one bridge hinge on southbound I-280 and three bridge hinges on northbound I-280. The first closure is scheduled for the Memorial Day weekend.
Southbound
I-280 will be fully closed between downtown San Francisco and the Pennsylvania Avenue on-ramp.
Full southbound closure Begins
: 9 p.m. Thursday evening, May 22
Full southbound closure Ends
: 5 a.m., Tuesday morning, May 27. Southbound on-ramp closures include:
•
Mariposa Street/18
th
Street on-ramp
•
6
th
Street/Brannan on-ramp
•
King Street on-ramp
Detour:
In general, southbound Interstate 280 traffic will detour to U.S. 101.
Note
: northbound I-280 will remain open over the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend. Additional closures are planned for
•
4
th
of July Holiday Weekend (Thursday, July 3 – Tuesday, July 8)
•
Labor Day Holiday Weekend (Thursday, August 28 – September 2) For more information about the project, visit the Department’s website at
or follow us on Twitter @caltransd4.
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