Feb 9, 2008 6:50 pm US/Pacific
Parts Of Riverside 91 Freeway Closed For Repair
$21M Project Expected To Wrap Up By Year's End
CORONA, Calif.
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The full closure of the eastbound 91 is scheduled to end at 10 a.m. Sunday.
CBS4 News
The Riverside (91) Freeway eastbound from Orange County into the Inland Empire will be closed for construction Saturday night.
The freeway from Anaheim to Corona will be closed at 11 o'clock at night. The westbound lanes reopened at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, after a similar closure for traffic heading to Orange County.
Caltrans spokeswoman Shelli Lombardo said the closures at Green River Road were originally scheduled for last month but were canceled due to rain. A new overpass is being built across the freeway at the notorious chokepoint in the Santa Ana River Canyon.
The full closure of the eastbound 91 is scheduled to end at 10 a.m. Sunday, Lombardo said. Caltrans anticipated no closures for the westbound side during that time.
Eastbound motorists will start seeing freeway lane closures beginning as far back as Weir Canyon Road in Anaheim, according to Lombardo.
Caltrans recommended that motorists use the northbound Orange (57) Freeway to connect with either the eastbound Pomona (60) or San Bernardino (10) freeways for travel into the Inland Empire Saturday night.
A partial closure on the westbound 91 is scheduled Wednesday night to facilitate additional work at Green River, Caltrans said.
The bridge, Corona's oldest, is being widened from four lanes to six. The $21 million upgrade will include reconfigured ramps and greater clearance for commercial vehicles, according to Caltrans.
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