{"id":5442,"date":"2017-02-21T16:50:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T00:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=5442"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T00:51:29","slug":"westbound-highway-50-collapsing-near-bridal-veil-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2017\/02\/21\/westbound-highway-50-collapsing-near-bridal-veil-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Westbound Highway 50 Collapsing Near Bridal Veil Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rteindent1\">Date:\u00a0February 21, 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">EL DORADO COUNTY \u2013 Caltrans is advising motorists to expect delays on U.S. Highway\u00a050 in El Dorado County due to the deterioration of the westbound lanes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">The slope supporting the highway at Bridal\u00a0Veil Falls, two miles east of Fresh Pond,\u00a0slipped several feet last week, requiring the\u00a0closure of the eastbound #2 lane. The\u00a0damage has increased this week,\u00a0impacting the #1 lane. \u00a0<span class=\"rs-article-img c68203366a522i2001893432\"><span id=\"c68203366a522i2001893432\"><\/span><img id=\"ui-25\" class=\"rs-article-img-src\" title=\"Highway 50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rssing.com\/inc2\/img\/tinyinf.webp\" alt=\"Highway 50\" data-src=\"\/\/www.edcgov.us\/uploadedImages\/Press_Releases\/Highway%2050.bmp\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">This section of the highway will be under\u00a0one-way reversing traffic controls today as\u00a0contractor Doug Veerkamp Engineering,\u00a0Inc. sets up k-rail for the work site, and it\u00a0will be reduced to one lane in each direction for the next few months as repair work is\u00a0performed to stabilize the slope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Motorists should check highway conditions before traveling in the mountains by using\u00a0<a title=\"QuickMap\">QuickMap<\/a>\u00a0or calling 1-800-427-ROAD. Caltrans will issue updates on\u00a0<a title=\"Twitter \">Twitter\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a title=\"Facebook\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Placerville California Highway Patrol office shared photos of the collapsed Hwy. 50 on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The damage to the W\/B lanes of US 50 near Bridal Veil Falls continues to deteriorate. Caltrans District 3 is in the process of reducing E\/B traffic to one lane to facilitate W\/B traffic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Highway 50 continues to succumb to the weather, with a lane collapsing near Bridal Veil Falls.<\/p>\n<p>New pictures of the collapsed lane were shared by Placerville-area California Highway Patrol early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The westbound shoulder of the road began eroding on Sunday and is now completely collapsed. The number 2 lane is now buckling.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic is still slowly moving through the area as the westbound number 1 lane remains open.<\/p>\n<p>Caltrans is dealing with the road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date:\u00a0February 21, 2017 EL DORADO COUNTY \u2013 Caltrans is advising motorists to expect delays on U.S. Highway\u00a050 in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5443,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5442\/revisions\/5443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}