{"id":498465,"date":"2026-10-16T20:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/498465\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T20:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:54:12","slug":"zerker-road-in-nw-bakersfield-to-close-through-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/498465\/","title":{"rendered":"Zerker Road in NW Bakersfield to close through October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; A portion of Zerker Road is set to completely close for around two weeks for pavement reconstruction, according to the city of Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The closure will affect Zerker Road between Snow and 7th Standard roads from Monday, Oct. 19 through Sunday, Nov. 1, officials said Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Watch &#039;After Sunrise&#039; on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\/plus\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Watch &#8216;After Sunrise&#8217; on KGET+; Click to learn how to get KGET+ on your smart TV devices\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eastbound and westbound traffic on Snow Road, as well as northbound and southbound traffic on Allen Road, will reportedly be allowed via lane shift at the intersections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Drivers can still access property on Snow Road east of Allen Road, according to the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">City officials advised drivers to use other routes during this period and plan for longer travel times when driving nearby. Signage will be posted to alert drivers in approaching intersections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Construction can be postponed without notice due to unforeseen issues like weather, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) &#8212; A portion of Zerker Road is set to completely close for around two weeks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-498465","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\/498465","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=498465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}