Bay Area drivers on the Eastshore Freeway in Contra Costa County should prepare for another pain point on Interstate 80.
Caltrans has planned overnight maintenance between Buchanan Street in Albany and Highway 4 in Hercules through February, it announced Thursday. As part of the $85 million project, Caltrans plans to install traffic signs and electrical conduits, replace traffic loops and do graffiti cleanup during the latest rounds of construction.
Drivers headed in either direction on Interstate 80 should expect multiple lane and on-ramp and off-ramp closures on the freeway overnight, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. during the work week, and shoulder closures during the daytime, Caltrans said. The closures are a part of the tail end of the I-80 Alameda and Contra Costa Counties Lighting and Concrete Barrier Project, which was originally scheduled to be completed last fall.
The notably congested Bay Area freeway connects the region to Lake Tahoe, Sacramento and Interstate 5. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, it can take an average of 40 minutes to drive the 20.2-mile stretch of the Eastshore Freeway between Emeryville and Crockett during peak hours (The Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsrooms)…