BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Drivers traveling through the Grapevine should prepare for long-term lane closures on Interstate 5 near Lebec as Caltrans begins work tied to the Interstate 5 Grapevine Rehab Project.<\/p>\n
Caltrans said crews will be constructing crossover lanes, prompting closures of the No. 1 lane in both directions near Grapevine Road and the Lebec Road Overcrossing.<\/p>\n
The first closures are scheduled overnight Monday, April 6, and Tuesday, April 7. Caltrans said the No. 1 lane of northbound and southbound Interstate 5 will be closed from 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. each night. The lane reduction segment will be 0.5 miles in length.<\/p>\n
A longer-term closure is set to begin Wednesday night, April 8, at 9 p.m. Caltrans said the No. 1 lane of northbound and southbound Interstate 5 will be closed near Grapevine Road and the Lebec Road Overcrossing, with the lane reduction segment remaining 0.5 miles in length. That closure will be in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through the end of the operation.<\/p>\n
Caltrans said the operation is expected to be completed in early May 2026.<\/p>\n
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Caltrans said closures may continue for longer periods if necessary because of delays caused by weather or uncontrollable events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Drivers traveling through the Grapevine should prepare for long-term lane closures on Interstate 5 near…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-252025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252025","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=252025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}