District: District 11 – San Diego and Imperial Counties
Contact: Hayden Manning
Phone: (619) 688-6670
Colorado River Bridge Improvements Forge Ahead
El Centro, Calif. — All lanes of eastbound Interstate 8 (I-8) between Winterhaven/4th Avenue in Imperial, California, and 16th Street in Yuma, Arizona, will close Sunday, May 14 through Thursday, May 19 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. for the Colorado River Bridge Project. Motorists will detour by exiting Winterhaven/4th Avenue, turn right onto 4th Avenue, and continue southbound towards 16th Street. Turn left onto U.S. 95/ 16th Street and continue heading east towards the I-8 on-ramp.
Beginning Tuesday, May 16, and continuing through Tuesday, June 6, traffic on eastbound I-8 between Winterhaven and U.S. 95/16th Street will be reduced from two lanes to one.
The closures are part of an ongoing project between Caltrans and the Arizona Department of Transportation to upgrade the I-8 Colorado River Bridge. The work includes resurfacing the bridge deck, replacing bearings at bridge hinge locations, and replacing approach slabs, defective guardrails, and seismic bearings.
Motorists are reminded to be Work Zone Alert if traveling in the area and to watch for highway workers and moving construction equipment.
The construction schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions, traffic incidents, or other construction-related reasons.
For real-time traffic information, including traffic speed, lane and road closures due to construction and maintenance activities, and more, go to http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/
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