#Carmageddon 2 405 freeway drivers
Most drivers ditched their cars for the weekend-long closure of what’s believed to be the nation’s most congested highway. The shutdown was the sequel to the original “Carmageddon” last year, a similar weekend-long closure of a 10-mile stretch of the 405.
More than 20 heavy pieces of heavy equipment, including 13 hoe rams, were used to demolish the bridge and pylons and to later remove 12 million pounds of steel-enforced concrete, which will be recycled.Īt least 4,000 orange cones were set up to keep motorists away, and 85 portable message boards warning commuters about the shutdown were placed along freeways as far away as Orange County, said Dave Sotero, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.įor instance, Carmageddon II provided an opportunity for CalTrans to complete seven weeks’ worth of maintenance “that means fewer lane closures in the future and the savings of about $150,000 in maintenance costs for taxpayers,” Villaraigosa said.įears of motorists clogging up surface streets and other freeways prompted the weekend to be dubbed Carmageddon II. “At this time next year, hopefully this project will be done.”Ĭrews from Kiewit, the general contractor of the project, and Penhall, the company responsible for the demolition work, as well as CalTrans, worked around the clock all weekend to complete the demolition of the northbound lane of the Mulholland Bridge that crosses over the freeway. “This marks the beginning of the end of the 405 project,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. For the second time, Los Angelenos survived “Carmageddon,” turning what could have become one of the worst traffic jams on the nation’s busiest freeway into “Carmaheaven.”Ĭarmageddon II, the 10-mile closure of the San Diego (405) Freeway over the weekend, was expected to reopen early this morning just as officials had planned.
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