{"id":193930,"date":"2026-02-26T00:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193930\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T00:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:42:08","slug":"fix50-55-hour-lane-closure-planned-this-weekend-in-downtown-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193930\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fix50\u2019 55-hour lane closure planned this weekend in downtown Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Fix50\u2019 55-hour lane closure planned this weekend in downtown Sacramento<\/p>\n

Lane reductions are set for eastbound Highway 50 from the Interstate 5 connector to 9th Street.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 4:07 PM PST Feb 25, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSacramento drivers, be on the lookout.A 55-hour closure on some highway lanes is planned this weekend, starting at 10 p.m. on Friday through 5 a.m. on Monday. The lane reductions are set for eastbound Highway 50 from the Interstate 5 connector to 9th Street. Here are the specifics, according to Caltrans: Eastbound Highway 50 reduced to two open lanes: #1 and #2. Lanes #3 and #4 at the I-5 interchange toward 9th Street, work area will be closed.Closure of lane #1 on the southbound I-5 connector to eastbound Highway 50. Lane #2 will remain open on the connector.A lane shift on the northbound I-5 connector to eastbound Highway 50.The work is part of the \u201cFix50\u201d project and is aimed at adding 14 lane miles of high-occupancy lanes from the Highway 50\/Interstate 5 interchange to the Highway 50\/Watt Avenue interchange.The work zone speed limit is 55 mph.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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Sacramento drivers, be on the lookout.<\/p>\n

A 55-hour closure on some highway lanes is planned this weekend, starting at 10 p.m. on Friday through 5 a.m. on Monday. <\/p>\n

The lane reductions are set for eastbound Highway 50 from the Interstate 5 connector to 9th Street. <\/p>\n

\t\t\"55-hour<\/p>\n

Here are the specifics, according to Caltrans: <\/p>\n

Eastbound Highway 50 reduced to two open lanes: #1 and #2. Lanes #3 and #4 at the I-5 interchange toward 9th Street, work area will be closed.Closure of lane #1 on the southbound I-5 connector to eastbound Highway 50. Lane #2 will remain open on the connector.A lane shift on the northbound I-5 connector to eastbound Highway 50.<\/p>\n

The work is part of the \u201cFix50\u201d project and is aimed at adding 14 lane miles of high-occupancy lanes from the Highway 50\/Interstate 5 interchange to the Highway 50\/Watt Avenue interchange.<\/p>\n

The work zone speed limit is 55 mph.<\/p>\n

See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Fix50\u2019 55-hour lane closure planned this weekend in downtown Sacramento Lane reductions are set for eastbound Highway 50…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[90689,20627,2820,19671,23615,6787,90693,90687,90688,90690,10795,121,123,122,90692,669,2695,90691],"class_list":["post-193930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-55-hour-lane-closure","tag-9th-street","tag-app","tag-connector","tag-download","tag-downtown-sacramento","tag-eastbound-highway","tag-fix50","tag-highway-lane","tag-i-5-interchange","tag-interstate","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-southbound-i-5-connector","tag-subscribe","tag-weekend","tag-work-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}