EB I-80 Reopened Through Sierra After Days Of Problems From Heavy Snow

DONNER SUMMIT (CBS13) — After a deluge of snowfall wreaked havoc connected Sierra highways, crews are starting to marque immoderate headway successful reopening roads.

As of aboriginal Tuesday afternoon, Caltrans says eastbound Interstate 80 is backmost unfastened for rider vehicles and indispensable commercialized vehicles. It had been closed from Colfax to the Nevada State Line owed to debased visibility and different problems since the weekend.

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Westbound I-80 remains closed with nary estimated clip of reopening, Caltrans says. Chain controls besides stay successful effect from Alta to the Nevada State Line.

I-80 EB has reopened to rider vehicles and indispensable commercialized vehicles only! R-2 concatenation controls are successful effect from Alta to Nevada authorities line. I-80 WB remains CLOSED with nary ETO. pic.twitter.com/C5wEoTf9CW

— Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) December 28, 2021

Caltrans says falling trees stay a changeless obstacle to reopening I-80.

Highway 50 was closed from 8.3 miles eastbound of Placerville to Meyers, but afloat reopened Wednesday night. However, Tuesday morning, a jackknifed large rig prompted Highway 50 to beryllium closed astatine Sand Flat and Meyers.

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Just aft noon connected Tuesday, Caltrans announced Highway 50 had again reopened. Drivers should inactive expect superior residual delays for the clip being, and concatenation controls stay successful effect eastbound of Placerville to Meyers.

This incidental has been cleared and WB 50 is backmost open. https://t.co/6ouoGQx7Zc

— Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) December 28, 2021

Both freeways had seen closures since the play owed to debased visibility, dense snow, downed powerfulness lines and downed trees crossed the roads.

Several parts of Highway 88 (from Dew Drop to 3.5 miles eastbound of Silver Lake, 3.5 miles eastbound of Silver Lake to Kirkwood, 2 miles eastbound of Kirkwood to 5 miles westbound of Picketts Junction, and Picketts Junction to Woodfords) are besides closed.

Highway 89 is closed from Eagle Point Campground to Bliss State Park and from Sierraville to Sattley

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No estimated clip of reopening has been fixed by Caltrans yet.

CBS13 Staff