Work on 3 Freeways to Cause Congestion

Motorists using three Los Angeles-area freeways will run into extremely heavy traffic congestion during repaving work beginning today, Caltrans officials said Thursday.

Two lanes of the Santa Ana/Hollywood Freeway between Mission Road and Alameda Street will be closed from 8 tonight until 6 a.m. Saturday. Entrance and exit ramps at Vignes Street and the Mission Road on-ramp will be closed at the same time.

The northbound Long Beach Freeway will have two lanes closed from Firestone Boulevard to Atlantic Boulevard from 11 tonight until 11 a.m. Saturday, and from 11 p.m. Saturday until 11 a.m. Sunday. Caltrans officials said motorists should avoid the area by using the northbound I-605.

All lanes of the southbound Pasadena Freeway between Avenue 43 and the Golden State Freeway will be closed from midnight Sunday until 5 a.m. Monday. Traffic will be detoured to Figueroa Street to Avenue 22 where it can re-enter the freeway, officials said.