LOS ANGELES – Caltrans crews are resuming major repaving efforts along the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass, triggering significant overnight lane and ramp closures this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Drivers are strongly urged to plan ahead, budget extra travel time, or find alternate routes to avoid heavy delays.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Starting Friday night, drivers will face the following specific disruptions:<\/p>\n
Southbound 405 Freeway: Reduced to just two lanes between the southbound 405 connector to 101 connector and the southbound 101 connector to southbound 405.Burbank Boulevard: The on-ramp to southbound 405 will be completely closed.Northbound 405 Freeway: The off-ramp to Getty Center Drive will be closed. (Note: Northbound 405 will not experience main lane reductions).101 Freeway Connectors: The northbound 101 connector to southbound 405 will be closed. The southbound 101 connector to southbound 405 will be narrowed down to a single lane. <\/p>\n
Speed limits are reduced to 55 mph in designated northbound and southbound sections of the work zone.<\/p>\n
Nearby residents and businesses masy experience increased noise, vibrations, and dust during construction hours.<\/p>\n
The closures are part of a $143.7 million 405 Freeway Pavement Rehabilitation Project designed to extend pavement life and improve safety between Van Nuys and Westwood.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
Caltrans is urging the public to exercise extreme caution when navigating the active construction areas, reminding motorists to “Be Work Zone Alert” and to “Slow for the Cone Zone.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officials are strongly encouraging drivers to “seek alternate routes and explore public transportation options to reach their destinations.”<\/p>\n
What you can do:<\/p>\n
If you must travel through the Sepulveda Pass this weekend, consider using public transportation or utilize the official Caltrans detour route for the major connector closure:<\/p>\n
Official Detour Route (Northbound 101 to southbound 405): Motorists traveling on northbound 101 should exit at the Sepulveda Boulevard off-ramp, travel south directly on Sepulveda Boulevard, and re-enter the freeway via the Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp to southbound 405. <\/p>\n
Real-time highway conditions and live closure updates can be monitored closely by checking the Caltrans Quickmap<\/a> website or the Caltrans D7 News portal <\/a>before heading out.<\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n The same closures are planned for next weekend (July 24-27).<\/p>\n The Source: This report is based on information porivded by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7.<\/p>\n Traffic<\/a>Travel News<\/a>Transportation<\/a>Los Angeles County<\/a>Van Nuys<\/a>Westwood<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES – Caltrans crews are resuming major repaving efforts along the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1184,48,52,6086,51,47,137,50,49,100,821,1967,7567,1181,24923,36192],"class_list":["post-402816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-los-angeles-county","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-news","tag-traffic","tag-transportation","tag-travel-news","tag-us","tag-van-nuys","tag-westwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402816","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=402816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}