Lake Tahoe area roadwork May 19 - 25

Most traffic-interfering work will be limited from 6 a.m. Friday, May 24 through 10 p.m. Monday, May 27 for the Memorial Day Weekend. The following are the current CalTrans projects in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

LONG-TERM PROJECTS

State Routes 28/89 (El Dorado and Placer County): Work continues on a $4.8 million project to remove dead and dying trees from State Routes 28 and 89 in various locations of El Dorado and Placer counties. Completion is expected this fall.

May 21-22 - State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from West Way to Wilson Way in Tahoma/Placer County line: Motorists can expect intermittent one-way traffic control and shoulder closures at various locations from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for tree removal work.

May 20-22 - State Route 89 (Placer County) from the Truckee River Bridge to the Nevada County Line in Truckee: Motorists can expect intermittent one-way traffic control and shoulder closures at various locations from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday for tree removal work.

State Routes 49/193 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $3.8 million project to remove dead and dying trees from State Routes 49 and 193 in various locations of El Dorado County. Completion is expected this fall.

May 20-24 - State Route 49 (El Dorado County) from the junction with State Route 193 in Placerville to Bacchi Road and from Brewery Street to Grand Fir Circle in Cool: Motorists can expect intermittent one-way traffic control at various locations from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday for tree removal work.

May 20-24 - State Route 193 (El Dorado County) from Bayne Road in Kelsey to the junction with State Route 49 in Placerville: Motorists can expect intermittent one-way traffic control at various locations from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday for tree removal work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $14.1 million project to replace the Echo Summit Sidehill Viaduct, located 7 miles west of South Lake Tahoe. This project is replacing the current bridge, built in 1939, with a new structure to meet current design and safety standards. Completion is expected in fall of 2020. No traffic-interfering work is scheduled.

U.S. Highway 50 and State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $6.2 million project to convert the existing “T” intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and State Route 89 in Meyers into a three-legged roundabout with a westbound bypass lane. This project will reduce the number and/or severity of collisions at the intersection. Completing is expected this fall. No traffic-interfering work is scheduled.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $57 million project from the “Y” intersection at State Route 89 to the Trout Creek Bridge in South Lake Tahoe. This project is building new drainage systems to collect and treat stormwater runoff, rebuilding curbs, gutters and sidewalks, widening the highway to allow for bike lanes and resurfacing the roadway. Completion is expected this fall.

May 20-23 - U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Trout Creek to Silver Dollar Avenue: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the #2 lane closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday for curb, gutter and sidewalk work.

State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $35 million project in Tahoe City to build a new Truckee River bridge east of the Caltrans Maintenance Yard with roundabouts on either end of the realignment, drainage improvements, paving and a shared-use path connection. For more information, visit: www.fannybridge.org. No traffic-interfering work is scheduled.

SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

State Route 49 (El Dorado County) at the Weber Creek Bridge: Motorists can expect intermittent one-way traffic control from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday for guardrail replacement work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) at Cambridge Drive: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the on-ramps closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday for bridge work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) at Red Hawk Parkway: Eastbound motorists can expect the off-ramp closed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday for bridge work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Alder Creek Road to Ice House Road: Westbound motorists can expect the #1 lane closed at various locations from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday for drainage work.

State Route 193 (El Dorado County) from Chili Bar to Rock Creek Road: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 7 a.m. 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday for guardrail work.

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The Caltrans District Traffic Management Branch has reviewed each project and determined that individual project delays are expected to be less than the statewide policy maximum of 30 minutes, unless noted otherwise above. Lanes are numbered from the center divide (#1) to the shoulder (#2, 3, 4, etc.).

Unexpected schedule changes may occur. For current information on roadwork, delays, road conditions and emergency closures, call the voice-activated Caltrans Highway Information Network (CHIN) at 1-800-427-7623 (ROAD) or visit Caltrans’ “QuickMap” website at: http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/