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SACRAMENTO AREA BETWEEN HIGHWAYS 99 AND 50

Segments of Highway 99 in Sacramento are closed until 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, due to a bridge deck replacement on Highway 99 at 21st Avenue.

Caltrans is advising drivers to use Interstate 5 and avoid Highway 99 completely for all 99-hours of the repair that is schedule.

The bridge that is being repaired is 62 years old and Caltrans says they need to fix it to extend its service life.

Caltrans officials said their crews are using "accelerated bridge construction techniques" to complete the work quickly. The four-day highway section closure began on Friday, June 11, 2021.

Ordinarily, a project of this scope would involve extensive shifting of traffic and lane reductions that would make it a six-month project, said Caltrans officials.

The closure is between 47th Avenue to the U.S. Highway 50 Connector. Also, crews are closing the mainline westbound Business 80/Capital City Freeway to southbound Highway 99, in addition to the westbound and eastbound Highway 50 connector ramps to southbound Highway 99.

Several ramps are also closed, including:

• The on-ramp from 16th Street to eastbound US-50
• The on-ramp from 29th Street/H Street to westbound Business 80/Capital City Freeway
• The on-ramp from 29th Street/N Street to westbound Business 80/Capital City Freeway
• The on-ramp from 29th Street/T Street to southbound SR-99
• The on-ramp from Broadway to southbound SR-99
• The off-ramp from southbound SR-99 to 12th Avenue
• The off-ramp from northbound SR-99 to 12th Avenue
• The on-ramp from 14th Avenue/30th Street to southbound SR-99
• The on-ramp (slip) from Fruitridge Road to northbound SR-99
• The on-ramp (loop) from Fruitridge Road to northbound SR-99The on-ramp (slip) from East 47th Avenue to northbound SR-99
• The on-ramp (loop) from West 47th Avenue to northbound SR-99

Caltrans says that the Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) is providing free light rail service during the closure. CLICK HERE to find the free rider flyer that you need to download to use the service for free during the 99-hour Highway 99 June closure. CLICK HERE for the light rail schedule.

The following are alternative routes suggested by Caltrans to use to drive more smoothly through Sacramento during the closure.

Traveling north from San Joaquin County (Stockton and Lodi) to Sacramento
Use SR-4/Crosstown Freeway to northbound I-5 or
Use SR-12 to northbound I-5.

Traveling south from Sacramento to San Joaquin County
Use southbound I-5.

Traveling north from Lodi or Galt to Sacramento
Use SR-104/Twin Cities Road to northbound I-5.

Traveling north from Wilton or Elk Grove to Sacramento
Elk Grove Boulevard to northbound I-5 or
Laguna Boulevard/Bond Road to northbound I-5 or
Cosumnes River Boulevard/Calvin Road to northbound I-5.

Traveling south from Sacramento to Elk Grove, Wilton or Galt

Use southbound I-5.

Traveling north from Florin or South Sacramento to Downtown/Midtown Sacramento
Stockton Boulevard/Mack Road to northbound I-5 or
Florin Road to northbound I-5 or
47th Avenue to northbound I-5.

Traveling south from westbound Business 80 (North Sacramento area or Cal Expo) towards San Joaquin County
Use westbound US-50 to southbound I-5.

Traveling east from Davis or West Sacramento towards San Joaquin County
Use eastbound US-50 to southbound I-5.

Traveling south from Airport, Natomas or westbound I-80 towards San Joaquin County
Use southbound I-5.

Traveling west from El Dorado, Folsom or Rancho Cordova towards San Joaquin County
Use westbound US-50 to southbound I-5.

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SISKIYOU COUNTY

In Siskiyou County, Caltrans District 2 is proceeding Monday, May 24, 2021, with an asphalt and paving project on Highway 89 north of Bartle. It is called the Fowlers Overlay Project.

The $1 million project will replace asphalt concrete surfacing and place a thin hot-mix asphalt overlay approximately six miles north of Bartle, from a half-mile north of the Edison Creek Access Road to two miles south of the Mud Creek Bridge.

The project will also include should backing and removal and replacement of thermoplastic pavement markings.

The contractor is S.T. Rhoades Construction, Inc.

Paving is scheduled to continue until the end of June. Motorists should expect one-way traffic control with up to 15-minute delays Monday through Friday during the daytime hours.

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