{"id":449251,"date":"2026-08-31T22:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T22:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449251\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T22:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T22:02:17","slug":"highway-101-san-francisco-closure-timeline-and-detour-information-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/449251\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway 101 San Francisco closure timeline and detour information \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

A portion of Highway 101 in San Francisco will shut down over two weekends in September as part of an ongoing pavement repair project, Caltrans said.<\/p>\n

Here’s what to know about the project, when the shutdowns will happen and detour information.<\/p>\n

When will Highway 101 shut down in San Francisco?<\/p>\n

The weekend shutdowns of northbound Highway 101 (Hospital Curve) will be held:<\/p>\n

11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4 through 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7 (Labor Day weekend)<\/p>\n

11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 through 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21<\/p>\n

What part of Highway 101 will be impacted by the pavement repair project?<\/p>\n

Caltrans will close all northbound Highway 101 lanes between Cesar Chavez and 10th streets.<\/p>\n

All southbound lanes will remain open.<\/p>\n

Detour information during Highway 101 closure in San Francisco<\/p>\n

Interstate 280 will be the main alternative during the northbound Hwy. 101 closure. Caltrans said I\u2011280 northbound is suggested for travel toward downtown San Francisco or the Bay Bridge.<\/p>\n

Public transportation is also highly encouraged to bypass congestion and avoid work\u2011zone delays.<\/p>\n

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Why is a pavement repair project needed on Highway 101?<\/p>\n

The weekend closures along northbound Highway 101 in San Francisco is needed to complete pavement repair as part of a Hospital Curve rehabilitation project, Caltrans said. The project began in Fall 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A portion of Highway 101 in San Francisco will shut down over two weekends in September as part…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[25644,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-449251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-highway-101","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449251","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=449251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}