TRAFFIC ADVISORY - CALTRANS ANNOUNCES SPORADIC CLOSURES OF GLENN ANDERSON FREEWAY (I-105)
(Los Angeles, California – September 26, 2008) Both the westbound and eastbound I-105 access ramps leading to and from the Sepulveda Tunnel at Los AngelesInternationalAirport (LAX) will be closed 5 days 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, September 29, through Thursday, October 2:
· 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp.
Friday Night, October 3:
· Midnight to 9 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp.
Saturday Night, October 4:
· 10 p.m. to 10 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp.
Westbound I-105
Nightly, Monday, September 29, through Friday, October 3:
· 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. – Northbound Sepulveda Boulevard off-ramp.
Daily, Monday, September 29, through Friday, October 3:
· 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp at Imperial Highway.
Nightly, Monday, September 29, through Thursday, October 2:
· 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp at Imperial Highway.
Friday Night, October 3:
· 11 p.m. to 10 a.m. – southbound Sepulveda Boulevard on-ramp at Imperial Highway.
Saturday Night, October 4:
· 9 p.m. to 11 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.
