Portions Of 10-Freeway To Shut Down For 55 Hours Starting Friday

EL MONTE, CA — Commuters should plan for major delays as one of the city's busiest freeways shuts several lanes down for construction work Friday night through Monday.

The San Bernardino (10) Freeway in El Monte between Peck Road and Temple City Boulevard will be reduced to three lanes, and several connectors and off-ramps will be closed. The work is expected to cause major delays, and commuters are advised to make alternate travel plans.

The closures are due to construction work on the San Gabriel River Bridge.

The closures will begin at 11:59 p.m. Friday and last until 5 a.m. Monday, according to Caltrans.

During the closure, only three lanes will be open to traffic, and one HOV lane will be closed.

Also scheduled to be closed are:

• the southbound San Gabriel River (605) Freeway connector to the westbound 10;
• westbound 10 Freeway off-ramp at Durfee Avenue; and
• the westbound 10 Freeway off-ramp at Garvey Avenue/Bess.

Traffic detoured from the southbound 605 to westbound 10 connector will exit at the Lower Azusa Road/Los Angeles Street off-ramp. Motorists can access the westbound 10 by traveling west on Lower Azusa Road and south on Santa Anita Avenue, according to Caltrans.

The work is part of a $14.7 million project to improve bridges in the area.

City News Service contributed to this report.