I-280 Bridge Hinge Replacement Project 104-Hours (4 Days-8-Hours) Road Closure Planned for Memorial Day Holiday Weekend

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 http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/projects/280Bridge, or follow us on Twitter @caltransd4.

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