{"id":285917,"date":"2026-04-25T20:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285917\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T20:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:20:13","slug":"fair-oaks-road-lane-closed-in-emergency-after-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285917\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair Oaks road lane closed in \u2018emergency\u2019 after inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SAC traffic alert still chyron frame.png\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\" \" alt=\"Traffic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One lane of a major Fair Oaks thoroughfare was closed Friday in an \u201cemergency\u201d action following an inspection, according to the Sacramento County Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation department inspectors discovered that a section of a sound wall parallel to Sunrise Boulevard south of Wildridge Drive was \u201cbuckling and leaning toward the roadway,\u201d the department said in a news release. A sound wall is a freestanding barrier that blocks traffic noise for nearby residential properties.<\/p>\n<p>The far-right southbound lane was closed Friday afternoon \u201cout of precaution,\u201d the release continued, and it was unclear when the wall will be fixed and the lane will reopen. The sidewalk was also shut down.<\/p>\n<p>The other two southbound lanes and all northbound lanes will remain open, county transportation officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The affected stretch of Sunrise Boulevard is just south of Citrus Heights city limits and about a mile south of Sunrise Mall.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314802557\/\" 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\/Smalstig-Madison.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Madison Smalstig\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/314802557\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Smalstig<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Madison Smalstig covers transportation for The Sacramento Bee. Before joining The Bee, she reported on breaking news, focusing on crime and public safety, in the North Bay for three years. Smalstig is a born and raised Hoosier and earned degrees in journalism and Spanish at Indiana University.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One lane of a major Fair Oaks thoroughfare was closed Friday in an \u201cemergency\u201d action following an inspection,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-285917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285917","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=285917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}