Work to Close Lanes on Two Freeways
Up to three lanes on the Ventura and Hollywood freeways in the San Fernando Valley will be closed tonight and Saturday night to facilitate work on widening the freeway, Caltrans announced Thursday.
From 9 tonight to 6 a.m. Saturday, up to two westbound lanes will be closed between the San Diego Freeway and Wilbur Avenue.
Also, two eastbound lanes between Wilbur and White Oak avenues and two eastbound lanes between Van Nuys Boulevard and Fulton Avenue will be closed.
From 11 p.m. Saturday to 11 a.m. Sunday, up to three southbound lanes on the Hollywood Freeway will be closed between Magnolia Boulevard and Moorpark Street.
At the same time, the eastbound Tujunga Avenue off-ramp and the eastbound Ventura Freeway connector road to the southbound Hollywood Freeway will be closed. “Motorists are advised to use alternate routes to bypass this weekend’s freeway construction,” project engineer Jim McAllister said.
The closures are part of a $62-million project to widen the Ventura and Hollywood freeways from Universal City to Agoura Hills.
When the project is completed in early 1992, the two freeways will be 10 lanes wide from Lankershim Boulevard to Topanga Canyon Boulevard.
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