Photos: Mark Arroyo/Metro Earlier today, Caltrans, Metro and the Federal Highway Administration opened the newly reconstructed Alondra Boulevard Bridge. It is the largest of three bridges rebuilt as part of the $110 million Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) Alondra Boulevard Bridge Project. The 57-year-old Alondra Bridge was completely demolished in June [continue reading]
Here’s the news release from Caltrans; Metro is a funding partner on the project: The construction activities and closures listed below will occur during the week of July 20-25, 2014, as part of the I-5 Empire Project in Burbank, a series of freeway improvements between Magnolia Boulevard and Buena Vista Street. [continue reading]
Here’s the press relase from Caltrans: The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be removing debris, sediment and trash from the storm drain at the northbound I-110 9th Street off-ramp. Construction crews will be working from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday leaving one lane open. This project [continue reading]
Have a transportation-related article you think should be included in headlines? Drop me an email! And don’t forget, Metro is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Pick your social media poison! It’s now legal to build light rail in the Valley (Curbed LA) The Valley could get its own Metro light-rail train (LAWeekly) Light rail in [continue reading]
Metro Deputy CEO Lindy Lee joined Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty and officials from the Federal Highway Administration and California Highway Patrol today for the groundbreaking of the I-10 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Project. The project area is located between Puente Avenue and Citrus Street in Baldwin Park and West Covina. This is the [continue reading]
The Los Angeles meeting will take place on July 22. Here’s the press release from Caltrans: With the economic recovery expanding, California’s highways, seaports, and railroads are again teeming with freight being transported across the state and on to the rest of the nation. Caltrans has invested billions of dollars [continue reading]
Photos: Juan Ocampo/Metro Metro Deputy CEO Lindy Lee joined Caltrans this morning for a milestone ribbon cutting ceremony for the Shoemaker Avenue Bridge project. It is one of three bridges associated with the $180 million I-5 South HOV Widening/Rosecrans/Bloomfield Bridges widening project. Shoemaker Ave. bridge is the first completely reconstructed bridge [continue reading]
This morning, Metro Board Director Ara Najarian and Deputy CEO Lindy Lee participated in groundbreaking ceremonies for the Empire Project which will enhance travel along Interstate 5 in Burbank. Metro is supplying $180 million of the total $355 million budget and improvements include a new carpool lane, building a new [continue reading]
Here’s the press release from Caltrans: THIS WEEK’S CLOSURE NOTES Southbound I-5 between the I-5/SR-170 interchange and Sheldon Street will be closed intermittently at night through May 2014, 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Through June 2014, crews will be working on the I-5 median barrier between Van Nuys Boulevard and [continue reading]
The HOV lane on the northbound 405 opened earlier this morning. A media event has just begun at Getty Center — we’ll have photos and video later today. Here’s the news release from Metro: Paving the Road to a Better 405 L.A. Metro, Caltrans, Kiewit Open 10-Mile Northbound I-405 Carpool [continue reading]
