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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 night, Caltrans says Interstate 80 was backmost unfastened successful some directions for rider vehicles and indispensable commercialized vehicles. Though the eastbound lanes opened Tuesday afternoon, the westbound lanes remained closed betwixt Colfax and the Nevada State Line owed to debased visibility and different problems since the weekend.
#TrafficAlert:⚠️Westbound & eastbound I-80 present OPEN to ONLY ESSENTIAL COMMERICAL TRUCKS & vehicles.🥳 Permit loads & non-essential commercialized trucks are NOT permitted to usage the interstate astatine this time.🛑🚔 I-80 is present OPEN from Colfax to the Nevada State-line.☃️ #KnowBeforeYouGo pic.twitter.com/YE36f8rwXM
— Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) December 29, 2021
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Chain controls besides stay successful effect for each vehicles but those with snowfall tires.
Caltrans says falling trees remained a changeless obstacle to afloat reopening I-80.
Highway 50 was closed from 8.3 miles eastbound of Placerville to Meyers, but afloat reopened Monday 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. More closures are imaginable arsenic dense snowfall and rainfall are expected done Wednesday greeting and done the extremity of the year.
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) remained closed Tuesday night.
Highway 89 was inactive closed from Eagle Point Campground to Bliss State Park and from Sierraville to Sattley
No estimated clip of reopening has been fixed by Caltrans yet.
CBS13 Staff
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