Upcoming street closures on Crenshaw Boulevard for Crenshaw/LAX Line construction

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There will be full street closures at three different Crenshaw Boulevard locations taking place this weekend. The closures are required for support-pile installation on Crenshaw/LAX Line underground stations.

The closures are as follows:

  • Crenshaw/Vernon Station: 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. Full street closure of Crenshaw Boulevard between Stocker Street and Vernon Avenue to implement new traffic reconfiguration and begin pile installation on west side of Crenshaw Blvd.
  • Crenshaw/MLK Station: 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. Full street closure on Crenshaw Blvd. between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Stocker St. to relocate work zone from the east side to west side of Crenshaw Blvd.
  • Crenshaw/Expo Station: 9 p.m. Friday. Sept. 12 to 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15.* Full street closure of Crenshaw Blvd. between Exposition Boulevard and Coliseum Street to complete pile installation and begin excavation of underground station.

*Crenshaw/Expo Station construction will also require closures 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19 until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept, 22, and 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, until 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 27.

Keep reading after the jump for detour information.

Detour from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. from Jefferson Boulevard to Vernon Avenue

crenshaw 2Southbound:

If traveling south on Crenshaw Boulevard, turn left at Jefferson Boulevard, right at Arlington Avenue, right at Vernon Avenue and left on Crenshaw.

Northbound:

If traveling north on Crenshaw Boulevard, turn right at Vernon Avenue, left at Arlington Avenue, left at Rodeo Road and right at Crenshaw Boulevard.

Detour from 2 a.m. to 1 p.m. from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard to Stocker Street

Southbound:

When traveling south on Crenshaw Boulevard turn left at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, right at Arlington Avenue, right at Vernon Avenue, and left at Crenshaw Boulevard.

Northbound:

If traveling north on Crenshaw Boulevard turn right at Vernon Avenue, left at Arlington Avenue, left at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and right at Crenshaw Boulevard.