[UPDATE 4:01 p.m.] Thursday’s Roads: Reopening!

Ferndale Bottoms flooding yesterday in what was one of the highest crests recorded at Ferndale since the 1964 Flood. [Photo from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Special Services Unit in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard]

NOTE: UPDATES are in Green and marked with the time they were posted.

Major Highways–Here’s What We Know: 

At this time, most major roadways have reopened in Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity Counties but there are still issues.

(Most information below is from Caltrans’ Quick Map. If you are heading to Oregon, check their similar site.)

• • Interstate 5: Open but with icy, wintry conditions.
    

    I-5 is mostly clear this morning. [Photo from Caltrans Traffic Cam.Click here for the latest image from the Lake Abrams traffic cam.]

  • Hwy 1:  Reopened!
  • Hwy 3: Closed at Scott Mtn due to snow. UPDATE 1:46 p.m.
  • Hwy 20: Reopened!
  • Hwy 36: Reopened!
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      Slipout on Hwy 36 about mile marker 26.70. [Photo by Dottie Simmons] UPDATE 1:46 p.m.

    • SR 36 is reduced to one lane with traffic control 3 miles west of Forest Glen (Trinity Co) due to a slide, motorists should expect delay.
    • State Route 36 has one way traffic control in effect 1 mile east of Dubakella Mtn (Trinity County) due to a slipout. Motorists should expect delay.
  • Hwy 96: Open
  • Hwy 101: Open
    • (Note: Closed north of Brookings, Oregon. See here for more info)
  • HWY 162 (Covelo Road): Open
  • Hwy 169 (Klamath): Open
  • Hwy 199: Open but Caltrans Message board warns motorists to carry chains.
  • Hwy 211: Reopened! (Check out how high the Eel River is on the Fernbridge live cam.)
  • Hwy 254 (Avenue of the Giants):
    • Closed between Holmes Flat Road to Bear Creek Bridge
  • Hwy 255: Open
  • Hwy 271: Open with the exception of a scheduled closure for bridge work .03 miles south of McCoy Creek just south of Piercy.
  • Hwy 299: Open: wintry weather. Carry chains.
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      The road on Oregon Mountain. [Image from Caltrans. To see the latest image, click here.]

Humboldt County Roads:

Here is what we know as of yesterday. Hopefully, many of the roads are now open or will soon open We’ll update when more information comes through.

• Blue Slide Road: One way controlled traffic due to slide.
• Briceland Thorn Road at Huckleberry Hhill P.M. 3.20 – down to one lane. Slow down! Flaggers will be out.
• Cannibal Island Road: Flooded
• Chambers Road: Closed due to flooding.
• Copenhagen Road: Closed at P.M. 2.90
• Dillon Road: Closed at P.M. 0.05
• Dowd Road: Closed due to slide
• East Branch Road: Closed due to sunken road.
• Elk River Road at Herrick Avenue: Open but flooded
• Felt Road : Open but flooded
• Fulmor Road: Closed at  P.M. 1.25
• Goble Lane:
  • Closed at Sage Road, P.M. 0.84
  • Closed at Dillon Lane, P.M. 3.34
• Hawks Hill Road: Flooded
• Holmes Flat Road: Flooded.
• Hillside Drive in the Fortuna Area: Slide impacting traffic.
• Jack Shaw Road in Kneeland: Closed due to flooding
• Johnson Road in Hydesville: Flooded.
• Kneeland Road at mile marker 3: One way controlled traffic due to slide.
• Mattole Road:
  • down to one lane due to downed tree and communication lines. No vehicles over 7′ allowed. [UPDATE 10 a.m.]
  • P.M. 11.73 down to one lane due to a slip out
• McCann Ferry: Closed today. Due to unsafe river conditions.
• Meridian Road: Closed due to flooding.
• Metropolitan Road, between Rio Dell and Fortuna: Flooded.
• Myrtle Avenue at mile marker 4.78 in Eureka: Flooded.
• Old Briceland Road: One reader reports: “Almost impassable…
  4WD can make it barely…Passenger cars can’t.”
• Pleasant Point Road: Closed at P.M. 1.15
• Peninsula Drive in Samoa: Flooded.
• Port Kenyon Road: open but flooded
• Puma Drive in Shelter Cove: Closed per Shelter Cove Fire
• Redwood House Road: Closed at mile marker 7.14 [UPDATE 4:01 p.m.]
• Sage Road: Closed at P.M. 0.38
• Shively at mile marker .5: One way controlled traffic due to slide. No commercial vehicles.
• Telegraph Creek Road at mile marker 1.1: Closed due to failed culvert.
• Waddington Road: Closed at P.M. 0.65
• Wild Cat (Mattole Road): One way controlled traffic due to slide.
• Wilder Ridge Road at Mattole Road: Flooded.
• Williams Creek Road: Closed at mile marker 1.4 due to landslide. [UPDATE 9 a.m.]
• Wymore Road, P.M. 0.50: Flooded