{"id":6843,"date":"2017-11-30T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T23:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=6843"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T23:29:33","slug":"caltrans-to-close-highway-50-in-edh-for-sign-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2017\/11\/30\/caltrans-to-close-highway-50-in-edh-for-sign-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Caltrans to Close highway 50 in EDH for sign installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>PRpond]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Caltrans is alerting motorists that lane and highway closures on area freeways will be required to replace three overhead changeable message signs with new \u201cAdvanced Variable Message Signs\u201d or AVMS. The new signs will be installed in the following locations: \u00a0Interstate 80 westbound \u2013 Truckee \u2014 Donner Pass Road\/Highway 89, Interstate 80 westbound \u2014 Davis \u2014 Pole Line Road bridge; and \u00a0U.S. Highway 50 eastbound \u2014 El Dorado Hills \u2014 Latrobe Road.<\/p>\n<p>Lane closures with one lane open will occur in all three locations from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. with full highway closures occuring for brief periods during that time as structures supporting the signs are lowered, the new signs installed and the sign structure returned to its former position. The full freeway closures are scheduled for: Midnight Tuesday through 4 a.m. Wednesday on westbound Interstate 80 in Truckee between Highway 89 and the Donner Pass Road; 10 p.m. Dec. 3 to 2 a.m. Dec. 4 on westbound Interstate 80 in Davis between Mace and Richards boulevards; and midnight Dec. 4 to 4 a.m. Dec. 5 on eastbound U.S. Highway 50 in El Dorado Hills just east of the interchange with Latrobe Road.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are encouraged to plan ahead for delays or use alternate routes. California Highway Patrol officers will be escorting traffic through the full closures using rolling blocks of traffic with full closures anticipated to be less than 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The new AVMS signs have increased energy efficiency, offer more options for messaging and offer higher visibility to provide motorists with real-time information for safe and efficient travel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Check out Caltrans\u2019 \u201cQuickMap\u201d for current road conditions at\u00a0<a>quickmap.dot.ca.gov\/<\/a>\u00a0or download the QuickMap app or call 1-800-427-ROAD (7623). Caltrans will issue weather and roadway updates on @CaltransDist3 and on Facebook at CaltransDistrict3.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRpond] Caltrans is alerting motorists that lane and highway closures on area freeways will be required to replace<\/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\/6843"}],"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=6843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6844,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6843\/revisions\/6844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}