Days before Caltrans was scheduled to close a 20-mile stretch of Highway 41 in eastern San Luis Obispo County, that closure has been canceled.
The California Department of Transportation called off the roadwork due to the Gifford Fire burning along Highway 166 in parts of SLO and Santa Barbara counties, the state road agency said in a news release.
Caltrans planned to close part of Highway 41 for three days starting Tuesday, Aug. 5, to complete work on part of a $147 million construction project on the Cholame “Y” interchange, an area of Highway 46 that has been dubbed “Blood Alley.”…