Southbound Highway 101 will be down to one lane each morning this weekend in northern Marin County as Caltrans trims elm trees along the road. The lane will be closed 5:30 to 9 a.m. Saturday and 5:30 to 9:30 a.m. Sunday between the Redwood Landfill interchange and the entrance to [...]
Here's a question from a reader: What is the reason for the speed limit dropping from 65 to 55 in Marin as you go over the hill near the Civic Center? I always thought it was to reduce speed because the lanes narrowed by one over that hill. However, they [...]
Caltrans this month took a step closer to reshaping Highway 101 between the Sonoma-Marin County line south toward Novato. The state Transportation Commission approved $1.492 million to complete design work for a redesigned interchange at the Redwood Landfill just north of Novato and $400,000 to finish designing a [...]
The mystery over a Highway 101 traffic alert sign in Windsor has been solved. After a couple of Road Warrior readers recently reported seeing the sign on southbound 101 just south of downtown Windsor and noting that the 840 AM radio station yielded only static, we called Caltrans. [...]
Caltrans on Sunday night plans to start repaving Interstate 580 in Marin County, affecting traffic with lane closures for the next few weeks. The work is to be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday to Friday from the interchange with Highway 101 in San Rafael to the Richmond-San Rafael [...]
Driving through the Highway 101 construction zone in Rohnert Park was tough already. Now, its even more tricky and potentially more dangerous. Last Friday night when Caltrans shifted southbound Highway 101 traffic in Rohnert Park onto the new Wilfred Avenue-Commerce Boulevard overpass, it also realigned the southbound lanes [...]
Caltrans next week will impose 24/7, one-way traffic control using stoplights on Highway 1 near Bodega Bay as construction crews do roadwork. Traffic had been controlled by flaggers during the day since work began June 7, but Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus said the work "has reached a point where the [...]
Here's an early warning: Caltrans plans to close Commerce Boulevard under Highway 101 in Rohnert Park for 12 days starting about Aug. 1. Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus said that during the closure construction crews will tear down 101's current north and southbound overpass in order to begin building a new [...]
After getting complaints from Bodega Bay businesses and local politicians, Caltrans has pulled back on its plan to reduce Highway 1 to one lane 24/7 for three months because of roadwork. Instead, Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus said that starting today flaggers will control one-way traffic during daytime construction hours and [...]
Caltrans announced this afternoon that it's delaying tonight's expected traffic shift on northbound Highway 101 in Cotati because of this week's rains, and other lane shifts also are being pushed back. Northbound traffic now is scheduled to shift lanes Monday night, moving onto a new overpass over Highway 116 in [...]