{"id":201464,"date":"2026-03-03T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201464\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:00:07","slug":"caltrans-bridge-work-will-close-lanes-overnight-on-101-this-week-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201464\/","title":{"rendered":"Caltrans bridge work will close lanes overnight on 101 this week \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re doing some late-night driving along the 101 Freeway at Santa Monica Boulevard this week, be prepared for lane closures and delays.<\/p>\n<p>According to Caltrans District 7, overnight lane closures begin Monday on the 101 Freeway at Santa Monica Boulevard\/State Route 2 due to the ongoing construction of a <a href=\"https:\/\/dot.ca.gov\/caltrans-near-me\/district-7\/district-7-news\/d7-lane-modifications-four-bridges-us101-sr110-hollywood-dec2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$15.8 million project<\/a> to upgrade existing bridge rails and improve durability along three bridges on the 101 Freeway.<\/p>\n<p>The lane closures will start at 12:01 a.m. every night through March 7, sometimes running through 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Caltrans said motorists should expect these intermittent overnight lane and ramp closures:<\/p>\n<p>Up to three lanes along northbound 101 could be closed, between Melrose Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Up to three lanes of southbound 101 could be closed, between Western Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>The northbound Santa Monica Boulevard off-ramp could be closed.<\/p>\n<p>The speed limit in the construction zone will be reduced by 10 mph. Caltrans said motorists should drive cautiously and follow all signs detailing the closures.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing project also spans a bridge along state Route 110\/Arroyo Seco Parkway. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re doing some late-night driving along the 101 Freeway at Santa Monica Boulevard this week, be prepared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[3315,48,52,51,47,50,49,821],"class_list":{"0":"post-201464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-caltrans","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news","15":"tag-traffic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201464","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=201464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}