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I-5 Closed Overnight Monday, Tuesday Night for Repairs to Rio Hondo Bridge

October 5, 2015

I-5 CLOSED OVERNIGHT MONDAY, TUESDAY NIGHT FOR REPAIRS TO RIO HONDO BRIDGE

COMMERCE – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7 today announced that the southbound Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) will be fully closed overnight between Slauson Avenue and Paramount Boulevard on Monday, October 5 and Tuesday, October 6 in order to replace bearing pads and reset rocker bearings that were damaged in the fire under the bridge over the Rio Hondo River this past July. The Slauson Avenue on-ramp to southbound I-5 will also be closed both nights. 

Closures will be in place between midnight and 5 a.m. each night. Detours will be signed along adjacent roads.

Following the fire, the bridge was shored up with temporary supports in order to re-open the freeway to traffic on July 8 at 1:15 p.m. Permanent repairs to replace the damaged concrete will begin the weekend of October 16 and continue the following weekend. Full and partial freeway closures will be required.

The emergency contractor on these repairs is Flatiron Construction, Inc. of Chino, Calif.

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