When and where the 101 Freeway will be closed Nov. 5-7, 2021

LOS ANGELES — Starting Friday night, Nov. 5, a 2 1/2-mile agelong of the 101 Freeway eastbound of downtown Los Angeles volition beryllium closed again arsenic weekend-long enactment continues connected a task to regenerate the Sixth Street Viaduct.

Beginning astatine 10 p.m. Friday and continuing until 3 p.m. Sunday, the 101 Freeway volition beryllium closed betwixt the 10 Freeway connected the southbound and the 5/10/101 freeway interchange connected the north.

It volition beryllium the 2nd closure of the agelong to accommodate the enactment to region the falsework connected the aging structure. The freeway was besides closed connected the play of Oct. 22-24, but that planned 41-hour closure really lasted lone 26 hours, with crews completing their enactment up of schedule, according to the metropolis Bureau of Engineering.

Image courtesy of the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering

During the closure, motorists traveling westbound connected the 60 Freeway from the Pomona country volition not beryllium capable to entree the 101 Freeway. Those motorists volition beryllium detoured northbound connected the 710 Freeway to the westbound 10/101 Freeway. Southbound motorists connected the 101 tin instrumentality the 110 Freeway south, past caput eastbound connected the 10 Freeway to bypass the closed freeway section.

“The Bureau of Engineering has completed installation of cablegram hangers on the arches supra the 101 Freeway,” according to the city. “That span is present afloat supported and nary longer requires the supporting falsework nether the bridge. The contractor volition region the falsework during the closure.”

The enactment is portion of the city’s $588 cardinal Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement Project, replacing a 1930s-era operation that is considered seismically unsound. The caller viaduct, acceptable to beryllium completed successful summertime of adjacent year, is the largest span task successful metropolis history.