Lake Tahoe area roadwork May 28-June 3

The following is the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) roadwork schedule for the week. Most work resumes on Wednesday after the holiday weekend but some work starts on Tuesday, check the schedule below.

EMERGENCY PROJECT

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): The highway is reduced to one lane in each direction at Bridal Veil Falls for slope repair work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Bull Creek Road to Alder Creek Road near White Hall: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday for drainage work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) at Silver Fork Road in Kyburz: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday for drainage work.

State Route 193 (El Dorado County): Motorists can expect signalized one-way traffic control about 1 mile north of the junction with State Route 49 in Placerville around the clock for slope repair work.

LONG-TERM PROJECTS

State Route 49 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $22 million project to replace the South Fork American River Bridge in Coloma-Lotus. This project will make seismic improvements, widen the bridge to allow for 8-foot shoulders and sidewalks, and also make roadway improvements to State Route 49 on either side of the bridge. Completion is expected in fall 2018. May 30-June 2 - State Route 49 (El Dorado County) just north of the South Fork American River Bridge: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday for water line relocation and bridge work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $57 million project from the “Y” intersection with State Route 89 to the Trout Creek Bridge in South Lake Tahoe. This project is building new drainage systems to collect and treat stormwater runoff, rebuilding curb, gutter and sidewalks, widening the highway to allow for bike lanes and resurfacing the roadway. Completion is expected in fall 2019. May 30-June 2 - U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Dunlap Drive to Tahoe Keys Boulevard: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the #2 lane closed from 7 p.m. Tuesday to 1 a.m. Wednesday and from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. Wednesday through Friday for traffic signal work. Westbound motorists can expect the #2 lane closed from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and from 1 a.m. to 8 a.m. Friday for roadway excavation.

State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $70.1 million project from Tahoma to just north of Granlibakken Road in Tahoe City that is upgrading storm water drainage and treatment systems, adding curb and gutter, resurfacing and realigning the road, adding new left-turn pockets and widening shoulders on an 8.5-mile stretch of the highway. Completion is expected by the end of July.
May 30-June 2 - State Route 89 (Placer County) from Tallac Street to Sugar Pine Road: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 7 a.m. to noon Friday for pavement repair work. Motorists also can expect one-way traffic control from Town and County Drive to Tamarack Lane from 8 p.m. Tuesday to 11 a.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday through Friday for utility work.

State Route 89 (Placer County): Work has resumed on a $35 million project in Tahoe City to build a new Truckee River bridge east of the Caltrans Maintenance Yard with roundabouts on either end of the realignment, replace the existing Truckee River (Fanny) Bridge, construct a roundabout at the “Wye” intersection and make complete street enhancements to the portion of State Route 89/West Lake Boulevard that will become a local road after project completion, which is expected in 2018. For more information on this project, visit: www.fannybridge.org - May 31-June 2- State Route 89 (Placer County) from the Tahoe City Transit Center to the Caltrans Maintenance Yard: Motorists should expect shoulder closures at various locations from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and one-way traffic control from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday for utility work.

SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

State Route 28 (Placer County) from Lake Forest Road to Speed Boat Avenue: Motorists can expect intermittent full highway closures at various locations from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday for environmental sampling.

State Route 28 (Placer County) from Dollar Creek to Carnelian Bay: Motorists can expect shoulder closures at various locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday for utility work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Ski Run Boulevard to Fremont Avenue in South Lake Tahoe: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the #2 lane closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to noon Friday for curb, gutter and sidewalk work.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Sierra Drive to Rubicon Drive: Motorists can expect intermittent full highway closures at various locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday for environmental sampling