Freeway Lanes Will Be Reduced Friday, July 25 to Monday, July 28
Whittier- Caltrans will be conducting a 55-hour extended weekend lane closure operation on southbound Interstate 605 (I-605) from Whittier Boulevard to the Bexley Drive undercrossing in the city of Whittier for paving work.
There will be no full freeway closures associated with this paving operation. The lane closures on southbound I-605 between Whittier Boulevard and the Bexley Drive undercrossing are scheduled as follows:
· The freeway will be reduced to one lane from 10 p.m. Friday, July 25 to 4:01 a.m. Saturday morning, July 26.
· The freeway will be reduced to two lanes from 4:01 a.m. Saturday, July 26 to 11 p.m. Sunday, July 27.
· The freeway will be reduced to one lane again from 11 p.m. Sunday, July 27 to 5:01 a.m. Monday, July 28.
· All southbound lanes will reopen to the public by 5:01 a.m. on Monday, July 28.
From 7 p.m. Friday, July 25 to 5:01 a.m. Monday, July 28:
· The eastbound and westbound Whittier Boulevard on-ramps to southbound I-605 will be closed.
· The Whittier Boulevard off-ramp from southbound I-605 will be closed.
Ramp traffic will be detoured via local arterial routes during the hours of the ramp closures. Please refer to attached detour map / flyer. Southbound I-605 near the Whittier Boulevard off-ramp carries more than 9400 vehicles per day on average. Caltrans urges motorists to avoid the area during construction and use alternate freeways where possible, including southbound I-110, I-710 and State Route 57.
All closures are subject to change. Additional extended weekend closures are expected to be scheduled every two weeks after this through 2025, excluding holiday weekends.
This work is part of the Super 605 freeway corridor projects to rehabilitate I-605 from Long Beach to the San Gabriel Valley. A total of $260 million in construction costs is funded with $238 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and more than $20.5 million from Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
The contractors are CA Rasmussen Inc., Vanguard Construction Inc., Peterson Chase General Engineering Construction, Inc., and Meyers & Sons Construction. Caltrans reminds drivers to “Be Work Zone Alert” and to “Slow for the Cone Zone.” Real-time closures at Caltrans QuickMap.
For more information about transportation and other infrastructure projects funded with state and federal investments, visit BuildingCA.ca.gov. Please drive through the construction zone with extreme caution and obey speed limits as we improve your freeway. Caltrans reminds motorists to be “Work Zone Alert” and “Slow for the Cone Zone.”
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