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Construction work on the W-X freeway causes a huge backup along the eastbound Highway 50 corridor as vehicles head toward the Pioneer Bridge near Jefferson Blvd., right, on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 in West Sacramento, Calif.<\/p>\n
Randy Pench<\/p>\n
rpench@sacbee.com<\/p>\n
The busy Highway 99 connector to westbound Highway 50 will close late Friday through 5 a.m. Monday as Caltrans\u2019 half-billion-dollar Fix 50 project<\/a> nears the finish line.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what drivers need to know before hitting the road this weekend:<\/p>\n The northbound Highway 99 connector will close at 10 p.m. Friday for the weekend-long work. Construction crews will perform reinforced concrete work on a 24-foot-wide section of roadway on the northbound Highway 99 connector to Highway 50.<\/p>\n Caltrans officials recommend that drivers use eastbound Highway 50 to 65th Street, then take the 65th Street off-ramp, turn left onto 65th Street and use the on-ramp to westbound Highway 50.<\/p>\n When the Fix 50, or U.S. Highway 50 Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project, is completed, crews will have rehabilitated 53 lane-miles of pavement and added 14 lane-miles of high-occupancy vehicle lanes from the Highway 50\/Interstate 5 interchange to the U.S. Highway 50\/Watt Avenue interchange.<\/p>\n Speeds through the work zone are 55 mph, and the California Highway Patrol will enforce traffic laws through the work zone.<\/p>\n For more information, visit the U.S. Highway 50 Multimodal Corridor Enhancement and Rehabilitation Project<\/a> or the Caltrans District 3 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n