Full closure of US50 over Echo Summit delayed until 2020
Submitted by paula on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 5:06pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The full closure of US Highway 50 over Echo Summit planned for October 18 has been postponed until next year.
The seven precast bridge girders needed for the Echo Summit Sidehill Viaduct (bridge) Replacement Project will not be ready in time for an October closure. Instead, contractor Q&D Construction will winterize the job site and come back to finish the project next year.
This is a two-year project that the contractor was attempting to accelerate. It is still on track to be finished next year.
Crews are only able to add the girders in spring before Memorial Day or after Labor Day so the closure depends on the weather this winter.
Ongoing work on the bridge is taking place daytime Monday through Friday with reversing one-way traffic controls and delays up to 20 minutes.
Caltrans advises motorists to be "Work Zone Alert!" Visit the Way2Tahoe Website for details, follow @Way2Tahoe on Twitter and "like" Way2Tahoe on Facebook.
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