Highway 1 Bridge Demolition Project
24-Hour Full Closure of Highway 1
Between Bay/Porter and Park Avenue in Capitola
Saturday, March 23 at 7 PM Through Sunday, March 24 at 7 PM
Caltrans is scheduled to close both directions of Highway 1 for 24 hours for crews to demolish the Capitola Avenue overcrossing. This work is weather dependent.
Northbound Highway 1 Detour: Motorists traveling northbound on Highway 1 will be directed off at the Park Avenue exit, will travel north on Soquel Drive, and return to northbound Highway 1 at the Bay/Porter onramp.
Southbound Highway 1 Detour: Motorists traveling southbound on Highway 1 will be directed off at the Bay/Porter exit, will travel south on Soquel Drive, and return to southbound Highway 1 at the Park Avenue onramp.
Regional travelers from the Bay Area, Central Valley, Salinas River Valley, and the greater Highway 1 coast are advised that there may be significant delays associated with this closure. US 101 remains a viable alternative route for travel during this closure.
This closure is associated with an ongoing project to construct north and southbound auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder improvements on Highway 1 between the Bay Avenue/Porter Street and State Park Drive interchanges. This project will also construct a bicycle/pedestrian overcrossing at Mar Vista Drive and replace the existing Capitola Avenue overcrossing at Highway 1.
Updated project information for the improvements on Highway 1 between the Bay Avenue/Porter Street and State Park Drive interchanges can be found on the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission’s website at: https://sccrtc.org/projects/streets-highways/hwy1/bayporter-statepark/
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