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I-5 Corridor Improvements Between Orange County Line to the I-605

August 19, 2016

Week of August 21, 2016

FLORENCE AVENUE INTERCHANGE PROJECT

Crews will continue nighttime construction activity along Mondon Avenue, between Buell Street and Muller Street Friday night, August 19, between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. This work is needed to tie-in the new sewer system to the existing system and is expected to take one day to complete. This work is in partnership with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Department. Please be advised, this work may be noisy including demolition work, truck back-up alarms and related construction noise.

Crews have resumed pile driving activity along northbound I-5 at Florence Avenue. Work will be conducted weekdays, between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and will be ongoing intermittently for the next four to six weeks. Please be advised that this work may be loud and disruptive due to equipment noise, vibration and pounding related to pile driving activity. 

Crews are continuing daytime work on the cul-de-sacs along Dollison Drive in the City of Downey. This work will take place between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., weekdays (Monday through Friday) for approximately one to two weeks. Residents in this area have been notified of this work.

Work on the drainage system on Longworth Avenue has been postponed a few weeks. Residents in the vicinity of this work will be notified once the new start date is scheduled. The work will include excavating asphalt to dig a trench, installing a new drainage pipe, backfilling the area and placing temporary asphalt. Residents' driveways along the north side of Longworth Avenue may be temporarily impacted for one day while this work is completed; additional information will be provided once the work is scheduled. 

Crews are working to form soundwalls along northbound and southbound I-5. Roadway excavation is underway behind k-rail and the construction fencing, along Mondon Avenue between Cecilia Street and Buell Street. Over the next few weeks crews will be pouring concrete for the new soundwall adjacent to southbound I-5. This work will be conducted weekdays (Monday through Friday) between 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. and will be ongoing for approximately the next one to two weeks.

Finally, work is ongoing on the Orr and Day railroad bridge, which runs perpendicular to I-5, underneath the freeway, south of Florence Avenue. 

IMPERIAL HIGHWAY& PIONEER BOULEVARD PROJECT

As crews work on Imperial Highway, Pioneer Boulevard and Norwalk Boulevard bridges at I-5, one lane in each direction will be closed on each street (at I-5) during the daytime, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Work is underway on the detention basin on Adoree Street / Zeus Street; this work will include grading, excavation and removal of the sidewalk on Zeus Street. This work will be conducted during the daytime, Monday through Fridays, and is expected to be ongoing for approximately three months.  


ROSECRANS AVENUE & BLOOMFIELD AVENUE BRIDGE PROJECT

Next week, crews will close N Firestone Boulevard, between Rosecrans Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue/Markdale Avenue, intermittently between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., Monday, August 22 through Friday, August 26.These closures are needed for crews to complete the construction of the new soundwall and soundwall footing. 

Rosecrans Avenue will be closed in both directions underneath I-5 between 4 a.m. and 7 p.m., Saturday, August 20 and Saturday, August 27 to all through traffic (motorists and pedestrians).These closures are needed as crews perform pile driving operations in the center median. The closure area is shown on the map below in red; motorists will be directed to follow the detour routes highlighted in green.  



Beginning Friday night, September 9, 2016 at 9 p.m. crews will close the northbound I-5 Rosecrans Avenue off-ramp for approximately three to four months. This closure is needed as crews continue construction to widen the I-5 freeway; the ramp must be reconstructed and realigned in order to accomodate the newly widened freeway. The closure area is shown on the map below in red; motorists will be directed to exit Carmenita Road and turn right, then proceed straight on Carmenita Road to access Rosecrans Avenue. The detour route is highlighted in green. Detour signs will be posted to direct motorists. For additional information regarding these closures, please visit the project Google Map



Pile driving activity is underway adjacent to northbound I-5 near Rosecrans Avenue.This work will be conducted intermittently for the next several months, weekdays (Monday through Friday), between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.  As this work is underway, flaggers will be on site to direct traffic, while crews transfer piles from the contractor's yard onto the construction site. While transferring piles, portions of Bloomfield Avenue, between Rosecrans Avenue and Markdale Avenue may be temporarily blocked during the daytime. Pile driving activity is needed as crews construct structure foundations for the new retaining walls and soundwalls in the project area. Please be advised this work may be loud and disruptive due to equipment noise, vibration and pounding related to pile driving activity. 

After completing the traffic shift along northbound I-5, motorists are now driving on the newly constructed center lanes of the freeway. In addition to performing the traffic shift, crews permanently closed the old northbound I-5 on-ramp at Rosecrans Avenue. A new northbound on-ramp will be reconstructed with access directly from Rosecrans Avenue and will open in 2017. In the meantime, motorists can use the newly reopened northbound I-5 on-ramp at Carmenita Road or the existing northbound on-ramps at Norwalk Boulevard or Imperial Highway. 

CARMENITA ROAD INTERCHANGE PROJECT

By the end of next week, pending railroad completion, Carmenita Place will reopen to motorists to allow for through access onto S. Firestone Boulevard.

Last month, crews completed a traffic shift along southbound I-5, between Rosecrans Avenue and Valley View Avenue, to realign traffic from the center lanes, to the newly completed outside lanes of the freeway. In addition to this traffic shift, the southbound I-5 Carmenita Road on- and off-ramps have been opened to traffic and South Firestone Boulevard has been realigned to its permanent configuration. 

Finally, daytime work is ongoing behind k-rail in the center median to construct the new median barrier rail between Alondra Boulevard and Shoemaker Avenue on I-5.

Please visit the project Google map for detailed detour information regarding these closures.

DISCLAIMER: Due to the dynamic nature of construction, please note that all dates and times are subject to change due to unforeseen operational factors or inclement weather. 


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