expected winter soakings<\/a> that are anticipated because of El Nino. Workers will begin the process of raising portions of the roadway by 3 feet because of flooding concerns.<\/p>\nThe corridor is used by commuters from Solano, Sonoma, Napa, and Marin countiees.<\/p>\n
Caltrans will close a portion of Highway 37 in both directions from Mare Island to Sears Point, continuing a shutdown that went into effect in the westbound direction from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. Workers are demolishing a median and installing a temporary barrier to shift both directions of traffic into what are now the westbound lanes.<\/p>\n
Once the shift is complete, workers will begin to lift the roadway.<\/p>\n
According to Caltrans, motorists on eastbound Highway 37 will need to exit onto northbound Highway 121 in Sonoma, make a right turn on Highway 12, follow it through Highway 29 and re-enter Highway 37. Those going west will need to exit onto northbound Highway 29 in Napa and follow it to westbound Highway 12 and then southbound Highway 121.<\/p>\n
In San Francisco, all lanes on westbound I-80 will be closed between 5th and 15th streets and all traffic will be diverted off at the Fremont Street and 5th Street exits. The shutdown begins at 11 p.m. Friday and lasts until 6 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n
Westbound I-80 travelers trying to reach southbound U.S. Highway 101 should take the 5th Street exit to to southbound Harrison Street and follow that to eastbound 10th Street. From there, motorists will run into the southbound Highway 101 entrance.<\/p>\n
Those trying to reach Van Ness Avenue and Octavia Boulevard should follow the 5th Street exit to southbound Harrison Street and follow that to northbound 9th Street. Once there, motorists should go west on Hayes Street, south on Gough Street and west on Fell Street to Octavia Boulevard.<\/p>\n
Other detours<\/a> within the city created because of the shutdown are listed on the Caltrans site. Detour signs will be lit up to help drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The closures of portions of two major Bay Area highways was set to begin Friday night, and commuters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[184,113121,3626,195138,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-504691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-bay-area","tag-bayshore-freeway","tag-highway-37","tag-highway-closures","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504691","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=504691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}