Hwy 101 to Open Monday Evening, Says Caltrans

Heavy equipment on a slide.

Progress on clearing Hwy 101 has been rapid this weekend. This photo was taken about 10:30 this morning. [Photo from Caltrans]

According to the Facebook page of Caltrans,

As long as the weather cooperates, and no new major rockfall occurs, one lane of U.S. 101 will reopen Monday at 6 PM!

Work went well today, and by 5 PM most of the southbound lane road surface had been cleared of debris. Tonight, the rest of the lane will be cleared, and work will begin to reinstall the first of two rockfall barriers. This first barrier must be in place for safety before traffic is allowed through, and traffic should be open with one-way traffic control by 6 PM.

Once traffic is flowing work will transition to stabilization and reopening the second lane for two-way traffic. This may take 2-3 months, and delays may increase significantly when there is activity to remove unstable material from the hillside. We will work with our contractor to keep the delays as short as possible, but they may extend to an hour or more at times. We will provide more details as the work progresses.

Facebooktwitterpinterestmail

Join the discussion! For rules visit: https://kymkemp.com/commenting-rules

Comments system how-to: https://wpdiscuz.com/community/postid/10599/

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

18 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Farmers
Guest
Farmers
6 years ago

Bet the liberals wouldn’t mind them pushing all that material into the river to get their precious freeway back.

Heretohelp
Guest
Heretohelp
6 years ago
Reply to  Farmers

Wouldn’t the liberals prefer to keep the river clean?

Trucker Don
Guest
Trucker Don
6 years ago
Reply to  Heretohelp

The slide would be in the river just like mother nature intended except the man made road stopped it, I say let’s give mother nature a hand and push it on its way….

slip sliding away
Guest
slip sliding away
6 years ago
Reply to  Trucker Don

The confusion hill slide continues into the eel like it always did naturally

Mike
Guest
Mike
6 years ago
Reply to  Trucker Don

Amen

Michele Leonard
Guest
Michele Leonard
6 years ago
Reply to  Heretohelp

Thank you. I’m a liberal and I am in favor of keeping the fish and our environment alive and healthy.

Patrick
Guest
Patrick
6 years ago
Reply to  Farmers

Oh frikin balloney!!!

Scooter
Guest
Scooter
6 years ago
Reply to  Farmers

Bet the conservatives are planning on destroying the river to make a few bucks.

The Hermit of Grizzly Mountain
Guest
The Hermit of Grizzly Mountain
6 years ago
Reply to  Farmers

You reminded me of this story from 2011 (about a landslide into the middle fork):

https://kymkemp.com/2011/11/15/ancient-lake-on-the-eel-river/

“Science magazines are abuzz with the news that there was a 30 mile lake on the upper reaches of the Eel River around 20,000 years ago. It was caused by an enormous landslide. The lake occurred East of Harris and is estimated to have lasted around 1,000 years.”…

Guest,
Guest
Guest,
6 years ago

That’s cool, too bad it’s not still there!

Richard
Guest
Richard
6 years ago

Thank you Ghilotti bros and Mendocino Construction for doing and outstanding job get this done

Traq
Guest
Traq
6 years ago
Reply to  Richard

Ghilotti Construction. Ghilotti Brothers is a different company and not involved.

Midnight Rider
Guest
Midnight Rider
6 years ago

Yahoo! I’m going to be free to run again. At least until the next slide. Hello Peg House!

Just-me
Guest
Just-me
6 years ago

Global warming will close that road again this week.

Dallas
Guest
Dallas
6 years ago

According to 1-800-gas-road 101 is still closed Kym. I need to plan a trip to Ukiah, can I get there via 101?

J J
Guest
J J
6 years ago

How bout put a tunnel let it slide over it cheaper than another bridge

Piercy Person
Guest
Piercy Person
6 years ago

FYI : the material from the Northend of the slide was trucked to the Old Piercy Mill site .
That’s like a 12 mile roundtrip burning 1000s of gallons of fuel overall.
I vote for pushing the next huge slide over the edge.
Oh boy , ….. Piercy will get the mail again .