Caltrans is reporting that drivers should expect two-hour delays on U.S. Highway 101 at Last Chance Grade south of Crescent City on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., beginning today. Motorists can expect shorter delays of 30 minutes outside of the 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. window. According to the Facebook post, Caltrans anticipates “these 2-hour delays on […]
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UPDATE: 101 at Last Chance Grade Reopens After 3 Workers Injured by a Falling Tree
UPDATE: Caltrans reports U.S. Highway 101 has reopened at Last Chance Grade but motorists should expect 30-minute delays. The Times-Standard reports two contractors and a Caltrans worker were taken to the hospital after being injured by the tree fall that closed down the roadway south of Crescent City earlier in the day. They’re condition was […]
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SECOND UPDATE: US Highway 101 Reopens Near Willits
SECOND UPDATE: Caltrans reports U.S. Highway 101 has fully reopened. UPDATE: A section of U.S. Highway 101 between Willits and Laytonville has reopened but the roadway remains closed from Cummings to north of Laytonville in Mendocino County. PREVIOUS: U.S. Highway 101 remains closed in both directions north of Willits due to heavy snow, downed trees […]
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UPDATE: Landslides Hit Last Chance, SR299
UPDATE: Caltrans reports one-way traffic control is underway at Last Chance Grade and motorists are warned to expect delays of at least 20 minutes. PREVIOUS: U.S. Highway 101 at Last Chance Grade is shutdown and one-way traffic is in effect on State Route 299 west of Willow due to slides amid heavy rains. Caltrans reports […]
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State Route 36 Blocked by Tree, Pole
State Route 36 closed this morning near Pepperwood Falls east of Swain’s Flat Outpost after a tree fell into utility lines and brought them down across the roadway. The first report came in about 7:40 a.m. Myles Cochrane, spokesperson for Caltrans told Redheaded Blackbelt just before 9 a.m., that the roadway is closed at mile […]
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UPDATE: Highway 101 Open to Controlled Traffic After Crash
UPDATE: U.S. Highway 101 is now open to one-way controlled traffic in both directions north of Willits after a fatal crash this afternoon. PREVIOUSLY: U.S. Highway 101 is closed in both directions between Willits and Laytonville, after a fatal, head-on collision shortly after noon today. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Jason Taylor, a black […]
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State Route 299 Closed at Whiskeytown Lake
Folks heading east to Redding have a slog ahead of them as State Route 299 is closed indefinitely in Trinity County west of Whiskeytown Lake due to a wildfire. CalTrans reports that the road is closed westbound at Oak Bottom and eastbound at the junction with State Route 3 near Douglas City. There is no […]
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UPDATE: U.S. Highway 101 Now Open
2nd UPDATE: U.S. Highway 101 is once again open north of Leggett, with one-way, controlled traffic passing by the slide that closed the highway for the better part of two weeks. Caltrans crews got the stretch of road re-opened last night but urge folks driving through the slide area to exercise caution and keep an […]