Traffic in/around LAX running smoothly. Big thnx to people using public transit. Pls keep it up! #CenturyCrunch

— LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) July 26, 2014

Report from LAX and #CenturyCrunch: tumbleweeds, at least leaving airport

— Adam Nagourney (@adamnagourney) July 26, 2014

At LAX, departing travelers still saying they had minimal traffic delays from #CenturyCrunch. Some hadn't heard of it.

— Hailey Branson-Potts (@haileybranson) July 26, 2014

Work on demolishing and removing the old railroad bridge over Century Boulevard was slightly ahead of schedule through late Saturday afternoon with the road scheduled to reopen by 6 a.m. Monday. The above video was taken about 4:15 p.m. today.

The portion of the bridge spanning Century Boulevard has been taken down and about 1,000 tons of debris is being removed from the road and is being moved to a nearby staging site for further “processing.” The material will be removed at a later date in an effort not to clog up traffic in the LAX area.

That work will continue through Saturday night. Any time saved on bridge demolition will be used to get a head start on tearing down the bridge approaches to the north and south of Century Boulevard. That will help reduce long-term impacts to traffic on Century and Aviation boulevards over the next 16 months.

Los Angeles World Airports reports that planes are mostly full this weekend and traffic is flowing well in the LAX area. The airport said more buses, taxis and shuttles are also being used this weekend.

Please see this earlier post for traffic, detour and transit information for those going to or coming from Los Angeles International Airport this weekend. Long story short: avoid driving in the area, use Sepulveda Boulevard if driving, take the LAX FlyAway bus or use transit. Again, a lot of helpful info in the earlier post, which will remain at the top of the blog roll.

If headed to LAX over the weekend, check for traffic updates on the airport’s main Twitter feed with the hashtag #centurycrunch. We’ll also be updating the Source over the weekend as well as Metro’s general Twitter feed.