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TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK.
I WILL SHOW YOU YOUR
EXTENDED FORECAST COMING UP.
>>CATHERINE:CALTRANS HAS
STARTED A MAJOR NEW PROJECT
ALONG INTERSTATE 580 THAT
COULD SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC
GETTING ONTO AND OFF THE
RICHMOND-SAN RAFAEL BRIDGE
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
KRON 4'S CHARLES CLIFFORD
SHOWS US WHAT'S HAPPENING.
>>CHARLES: THIS IS AN OVERHEAD F
THE RICHMOND SAN RAFEAL
BRIDGE. THIS IS THE TOLL
PLAZA ON SUNDAY, CALTRANS
BEGAN WORK ON THIS SECTION
OF INTERSTATE 580. THE WORK
IS BLOCKING ALL OF THE
TRAFFIC LANES. WHAT CALTRAN
HAS DONE IS CLOSED DOWN ALL
WESTBOUND TRAVEL AND DRIVERS
HEADING WESTBOUND TOWARDS
THE RICHMOND SAN RAFAEL
BRIDGE ARE BEING DE TOWARD
RIGHT HERE. THEY HAVE TO
BEAR LEFT ACROSS THE MEDIAN
AND ONTO THE EASTBOUND SIDE
OF INTERSTATE 580 RIGHT
HERE. EACH DIRECTION WILL
HAVE TWO LANES OF TRAVEL.
THE EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND
LANES AND IT IS GOING TO BE
A TIGHT FIT. THERE WILL BE
NO SHOULDER HERE SO IF THERE
IS AN ACCIDENT, IT COULD
CAUSE MAJOR DELAYS IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS. ALSO NOW THERE
IS ALSO A 45 MI. PER HOUR
SPEED LIMIT THROUGHOUT THIS
AREA. THIS ENTIRE DETOUR IS
ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE
LONG. WHEN YOU GET PAST, YOU
RETURN TO THE NORMAL SIDE OF
INTERSTATE 580 JUST BEFORE
THE TOLL PLAZA. WESTERN DRY,
THERE IS AN ON RAMP ON TO
580. THIS IS GOING TO BE
CLOSE DOWN WHILE THIS