- Highland Avenue Bridge Buzzing with Activity
- Southbound I-215 5th Street Off-Ramp Shifts to the West
- Old Massachusetts Avenue Bridge A Memory
- Weekly Road Openings, Closures, Detours
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| | Steel To Concrete On Highland Avenue Bridge
Crews hustle on Thursday afternoon as they prepare Highland Avenue bridge for a concrete pour on Friday. If you happened to drive on the Highland Avenue bridge this week, you may have seen the south half buzzing with construction activity. On Thursday alone, about 40 workers concentrated their efforts on the bridge structure laying out and securing tons of reinforced steel. This work created a steel mesh for a concrete pour that started very early Friday morning. 
Heavy equipment at the base of the Highland Avenue bridge pumps tons of concrete several stories high to the new deck above. Across the street, masonry crews were hard at work building block walls near the new northbound I-215 Highland Avenue on-ramp. |
New Configuration For Southbound I-215 5th Street Off-Ramp
Southbound I-215 view of the 5th Street off-ramp shifted toward the west side of the freeway. Earlier this week, the southbound I-215 5th Street off-ramp was reconfigured. Motorists exiting 5th Street will notice a shift of the off-ramp lane toward the west - creating a straighter and longer space to exit the freeway. The shift of this exit approach allows for other activity to take place as crews work to add new lanes to the freeway. When completed, I-215 will have two new lanes in each direction - one carpool and one mixed flow - increasing the total number of lanes in both directions from six to 10 lanes. |
| Old Massachusetts Avenue Bridge A Memory For more than 50 years, the old Massachusetts Avenue bridge served as an option for residents and commuters traveling through northwest San Bernardino to get to Highland Avenue area businesses and I-215 or SR-259.  Crews continued clean up work Friday morning of the demolished Massachusetts Avenue bridge. To the right is the new and improved bridge.
This week, the old bridge was demolished in only two nights. The new and improved Massachusetts Avenue bridge, which opened in July, now stands alone to shine. The demolition makes way for I-215 widening work to proceed on the freeway below. |
| Road Openings, Closures, And Detours
Following are closures for the coming week. Please note there are no nighttime freeway closures during Stater Bros. Route 66 Rendezvous - Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. thru Sunday, Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. We remind motorists that the legal speed limit has been reduced to 55 mph through the construction area. Please slow down and keep a safe driving distance from the vehicle in front of you.  Sunday, Sept. 18 to Thursday, Sept. 22 -
8 p.m. to 4 a.m. (Sunday night starts at 9 p.m.) Full closure of SB SR-259 between Highland Avenue and SB I-215 merge. For detour and map, click here. Sunday, Sept. 18 to Thursday, Sept. 22 -
SB 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. / NB 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. NB and SB I-215 alternating lane closures between Rialto Ave. and University Pkwy. No detour necessary as at least one lane will remain open when full freeway closures are not taking place. |
| About The I-215 Widening Project
The I-215 Widening Project in San Bernardino, California is a partnership among San Bernardino Associated Governments, Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration, and the City of San Bernardino. The 7.5-mile, $723 million project on I-215 between Orange Show Road and University Parkway will help reduce congestion and improve traffic flow for commuters and the goods movement industry. For more information about the project, go to www.sanbag.ca.gov/215. |
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