TRAFFIC ADVISORY
CALTRANS ANNOUNCES INTERMITTENT CLOSURES OF GLENN ANDERSON FREEWAY (105)

(Los Angeles, California – October 6, 2008) Both the westbound and eastbound I-105 access ramps leading to and from the Sepulveda Tunnel at Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX) will be closed at times this week due to the widening of those ramps by the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans). Two projects will widen and resurface the Sepulveda Boulevard on-and off-ramps. The closures will be in effect both during the day and nightly at various hours.

Airport officials recommend motorists use alternate routes if arriving via the westbound I-105. These include exiting at La Cienega and Aviation Boulevards heading north and taking Century Blvd. into LAX, or exiting at Century Blvd. from the I-405 and traveling west to LAX.

Motorists exiting the airport can take eastbound Century Blvd. to southbound I-405 to reach the I-105. Closures are subject to change.

Eastbound I-105

Nightly, Monday, October 6 through Thursday, October 9:

·         11 p.m. to 7 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp.

Friday Night, October 10:

·         Midnight to 9 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp.

Westbound I-105

Nightly, Monday, October 6 through Thursday, October 9:

·      11 p.m. to 7 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard off-ramp.

Daily, Monday, October 6 through Friday, October 10:

·        8 a.m. to 2 p.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp at Imperial Highway.

Friday Night, October 10:

·             Midnight to 9 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp at Imperial Highway.

Signed detours will be posted.  According to CalTrans, the $10 million combined projects are scheduled to be completed in winter 2010.