The 5 freeway construction in Santa Clarita continues this week with temporary bypass lanes in both directions and repaving set to begin Wednesday night and end Friday morning.

Plans to add temporary bypass lanes in both direction of the 5 freeway in anticipation of a $171 million repaving project near the city of Santa Clarita have been announced by the California Department of Transportation, or CalTrans.

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Although most of the work is scheduled to be done at night, requiring I-5 lanes to be closed between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., CalTrans asks that drivers be “Work Zone Alert” during the 5 freeway construction in the Santa Clarita area.

The following information was provided by Caltrans on this week’s 5 Freeway closures:

• The lane changes will start at approximately 10 p.m. Wednesday on a portion of southbound I-5, and be completed by 6 a.m. Thursday. One of four lanes will shift to what is normally the inner northbound shoulder near Lake Hughes Road, and return to the southbound side near Hasley Canyon Road.
• On Thursday at approximately 10 p.m., another bypass lane will be added on a portion of northbound I-5 and be completed by 6 a.m. Friday. One of four lanes will shift to what is normally the inner southbound shoulder near Valencia Boulevard, and return to the northbound side near Rye Canyon Road.
• Once in the bypass lane, drivers will be protected from traffic in either direction by concrete barriers commonly known as K-rails, and the existing center median. The work area next to the I-5 shoulder will be blocked off with K-rails.

Construction on the 5 freeway between the 14 (Antelope Valley Freeway) and Lake Hughes Road is expected to include removing broken concrete slabs and constructing new pavement on an estimated 16 miles of the 5 freeway, spanning the Santa Clarita Valley section of the 5 freeway.

Anticipated completion of the CalTrans I-5 Roadway Rehabilitation Project is scheduled for the summer of 2019, according to CalTrans officials.

For more information about the project, click here.

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