Crews are finishing building a roundabout on Highway 1 at Simpson Lane near Fort Bragg. Click to enlarge. Caltrans photo

Going to Fort Bragg? Get ready for the Highway 1 roundabout.

Drivers this week began using the roundabout at Simpson Lane just south of Fort Bragg after Caltrans opened it. Construction crews still are putting the finishing touches on the $4.4 million project and are expected to be done later this fall.

Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie Jr. has said the roundabout is the second one on a Mendocino County highway, with the first on Highway 175 near Hopland.

The Fort Bragg roundabout is designed to help drivers on Simpson merge onto Highway 1 without the potential traffic bottlenecks that a stoplight could create, he said.

To read an earlier story about the roundabout and readers’ comments on it, CLICK HERE.

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