Highway 50 between Placerville and South Lake Tahoe may open by Sunday evening
Submitted by paula on Sat, 02/11/2017 - 1:12pm
4:25 p.m. update - Caltrans now estimates it will be 6:00 p.m. Sunday before reopening. If this changes again we will update this story.
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Caltrans says Highway 50 at Ice House Road is expected to be closed until 6:00 a.m. Sunday, February 12. This is an estimate and will depend on time it will take to clear the massive slide of mud and boulders.
Once open the road will be one-way controlled traffic.
On the North Shore, I80 will open to traffic in both directions at 1:00 p.m. Saturday. Expect heavy traffic.
One vehicle was caught in the mudslide Friday at Ice House Road. The occupants, a man, woman and dog from the San Jose area, were unharmed.
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