{"id":196538,"date":"2026-02-27T14:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/196538\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:44:14","slug":"hwy-41-freeway-lane-exit-to-close-in-fresno-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/196538\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy 41: Freeway lane, exit to close in Fresno CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heads up, Fresno drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Part of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1351661423671214&amp;set=a.636330151871015\">Highway 41 will soon close<\/a> as crews work on a maintenance project, the California Department of Transportation said in a Wednesday, Feb. 25, post on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know:<\/p>\n<p>When is Highway 41 closing in Fresno? Where?<\/p>\n<p>Caltrans is closing the No. 2 lane of northbound Highway 41 at Central Avenue to North Avenue in Fresno for \u201cmaintenance operations\u201d starting at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27.<\/p>\n<p>The Highway 41 off-ramp at North Avenue will also be closed starting at 8 a.m. Friday, the state roads agency said.<\/p>\n<p>How long will freeway lane, edit be closed?<\/p>\n<p>The Highway 41 lane and exit are slated to remain blocked to traffic until 2 p.m. Friday, Caltrans said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClosures may continue for longer periods of time &#8230; due to delays caused by weather or uncontrollable events that may occur during maintenance,\u201d Caltrans said, adding that the scheduled roadwork is \u201cweather permitting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caltrans reminded drivers to take \u201cextra care and allow for additional travel time\u201d while traveling in the area.<\/p>\n<p>  Loading\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published February 26, 2026 at 11:36 AM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/265434446\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/fl-ne-brooke-baitinger-01.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Brooke Baitinger\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/265434446\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooke Baitinger<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    McClatchy DC<\/p>\n<p>            Brooke (they\/them) covers Fresno and California news as the Fresno Bee\u2019s service journalism reporter. They previously covered wildlife and national parks out west for the national real-time team at McClatchy News. Originally from Florida, they studied journalism at the University of Florida and previously covered LGBTQ+ news for the South Florida Sun Sentinel, their hometown newspaper. When they\u2019re not writing stories, they enjoy hanging out with their cats, riding horses or spending time outdoors.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heads up, Fresno drivers. Part of Highway 41 will soon close as crews work on a maintenance project,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[91609,112,114,113,91606,91608,91607],"class_list":["post-196538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-caltrans-roadwork","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-hwy-41-closure","tag-north-avenue-exit","tag-traffic-fresno"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196538","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=196538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}