An enormous hearth in California raged beneath the busy 10 Freeway for hours over the weekend, inflicting a lot structural injury it is now closed indefinitely in each instructions.
The closure is about to make Los Angeles’ already infamous visitors a commuting nightmare for metropolis residents. The ten Freeway is utilized by greater than 300,000 drivers day by day, per ABC Information.
“As we made clear yesterday, this was an enormous hearth, and the injury won’t be mounted right away,” mentioned Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass at a information convention Monday morning. “Engineers have labored all night time and are working proper now to find out our path ahead.”
As for when the street might reopen, Bass mentioned: “We can’t offer you an estimate of time proper now.”
Final night time I toured the injury to the ten freeway. We’ll work with absolute urgency to get it again up and working. I will be offering an replace for Angelenos with state leaders later this morning — keep tuned. pic.twitter.com/eburVQkMJh
— Karen Bass (@KarenBassLA) November 12, 2023
On Monday, Los Angeles transportation officers warned drivers to count on “gridlock” and steered they “do business from home.”
#BREAKING Each instructions of the ten Freeway close to Alameda in Downtown Los Angeles are shutdown following an enormous pallet hearth. @LAFD on scene. CALTRANS is figuring out if the structural integrity of the freeway has been compromised.
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Stick with @ABC7 for updates. pic.twitter.com/mVFSMA82LN
— Marc Cota-Robles (@abc7marccr) November 11, 2023
The reason for the fireplace is beneath investigation. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Saturday.
