![]() I wish we would have done it sooner," said Brandon Wilkins. "It's definitely going to fix the problem. Many drivers are vowing to stay away and say enduring the traffic troubles now will likely pay off in the future. So it's going to be a slower process, there's going to be more work to do," said Dave Sotero with the MTA. This time we're going to have two sets of bridge columns and we will also have inactive utility lines in that bridge. Interstate 405, a highway normally so clogged that locals like to joke that its name is shorthand for 'traffic that moves no faster than 4 or 5 miles an hour (6 or 8 kilometers per hour),' is. "Last year's demolition only involved the removal of one set of bridge columns. Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now is the second of a series of graphically violent driving-oriented video games. This time it is not likely crews will finish ahead of schedule like they did last year. Officials fear drivers will underestimate this closure because last year's closure went so well. "I hope we do as well with it as we did on Carmageddon I, and my husband and I have already made plans to be out of town," said Catherine Waygar of Van Nuys. Public and transportation officials are hoping for a repeat of the first Carmageddon from last year, and so are drivers. It's the second phase of the billion-dollar project to widen the 405 Freeway. The closure is expected to be lifted by 5 a.m. Individual freeway lanes will shut down around 10 p.m., with the entire freeway expected to be closed by midnight. The closure is slated to start as early as 7 p.m. 29 so crews can dismantle the north side of the Mullholland Bridge. County Supervisor third district Zev Yaroslavsky.Ī 10-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway will be closed for 53 hours starting Sept. Whatever the hell you do, don't come near the 405 corridor" said L.A. During those hours, workers will demolish the north side of the Mulholland Drive bridge.īut public officials have warned the public not to be complacent - there's 30 percent more work to be done than this year and they predict it will take the entire scheduled closure to complete the job.Ĭarmageddon II is part of a massive project to widen the freeway and improve ramps and bridges, including making them wider and more seismically sound, and this weekend's closure is expected to affect nearly 500,000 drivers who travel this stretch of the 405 on weekends, public officials said."Stay home, stay in the neighborhood, stay off the freeways. As well, artists have banded together to present a number of events in places accessible without travel by freeway, dubbed Artmageddon. As was the case last year, Los Angeles officials are urging people to eat, shop and play locally, offering discounts and special offers. Staying in your own neighborhood is a mantra across the sprawling metropolis. The outpouring of complaints over media and tour operators flying overhead during last year's closure prompted talk of establishing regulations governing flight paths and minimum heights, but those plans have stalled. Sherman Oaks board director Bob Anderson demanded that those flying overhead "stop having wine and cheese parties on helicopters to watch the bridge come down." Now blog notes that residents of neighborhoods near the construction area are asking helicopter operators to respect their privacy by not flying too low during the road closure. This year, though, there's another concern: preventing the swarms of helicopters that flew overhead during last year's demolition work. " Carmageddon, Schmarmaggedon," Zev Yaroslavky, a Los Angeles County supervisor and board member of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority, declared last year after the closures went off with a hitch - and the road opened 17 hours ahead of schedule. Officials and residents are hoping for a repeat performance of a similar closure last year - known as Carmageddon - when much-hyped traffic woes never materialized. This weekend, a 10-mile stretch of heavily trafficked Interstate 405 in Los Angeles will be shut down for two days to demolish part of the Mulholland Drive bridge. The city is bracing for Carmegeddon II, scheduled for this weekend. Carmageddonin' It? In a photo from last year, a traffic signs alerts motorists on Interstate 405 that the freeway will be shut down for two days in July for demolition of the Mulholland Bridge.
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