Southern Alameda County freeways are not necessarily the place to be right now, according to the California Highway Patrol.
As the full weekend closure of northbound Interstate 680 between Sunol and Pleasanton continues — to allow for Caltrans to remove and replace whole sections of the freeway as part of a major repaving project — alternate routes around the closure are heavier than usual, a CHP spokesperson said.
Since the closure of the northbound lanes of Interstate 680 affects motorists traveling from San Jose and Fremont to Pleasanton and the Tri-Valley region, for example, alternate routes to get to that area are heavy and motorists are asked to plan their routes accordingly.
Northbound Interstate 880 between Fremont and Hayward is heavy. Interstate 880 connects with Interstates 238 and 580 in San Lorenzo, which extends east to connect with Interstate 680 in Dublin and Pleasanton, one alternate route motorists are taking to travel eastbound to the Tri-Valley area.
Traffic congestion on northbound Interstate 680 — which leads to the full closure of the freeway at state Highway 84 in Sunol — begins at Vargas and Sheridan roads east of Fremont. Another alternate route eastward — Niles Canyon Road — is also congested.
Caltrans crews are doing what they can to assist in alleviating the traffic, placing flaggers where needed to assist motorists in moving forward on their routes.
The freeway closure extends from state Highway 84 in Sunol to Sunol Boulevard in Pleasanton.
The southbound lanes of Interstate 680 remain open during the northbound lanes closure.
The northbound lanes will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday.
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… Just wondering why the roadwork couldn’t be done overnight.
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Seems like the did but its a several day job, thus ending at 5am.
Stay home!
it would be pretty much impossible to repave that many lanes for 5 miles in one night!
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Who said “one night”?
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That surely wasn’t the intent of my rhetorical question.
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Demo and repaving lanes could have done over a series of days.
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But I understand the “no pain, no gain” approach. The scope of work may have been too much and were smack in the middle of the rainy season.
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Overnight or a couple of days that is just a dream. I bet they wish they could do it in a couple days.
Do you have any idea of the scope of work that it takes to pave the freeway. First they have to go through with a hoe ram and bust all the concrete up then load it up into trucks. Let alone cut all the old rebar that is in there too. Then go through and regrade the whole roadway again . Then come back and lay rebar all the way through the roadway again.
And then they can start thinking about mixing and hauling the thousands upon thousands of yards of cement that will have to be laid down on a single lane. Then finish it and let it cure and harden and then do it all over again the next night for another lane.
My hat is off to all the guys that are working on the job when they are done. I wish I could buy them all a beer.
. Keep up the good work Caltrans can’t wait to drive on your masterpiece.