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Heritage Square
Museum
3800 Homer Street
Los Angeles, California 90031
Tel.
323-225-2700
Where History Comes Alive!
2nd Freeway Closure Alert!
Heritage Square Museum wishes to alert all visitors and members about another freeway closure that begins Friday, July 30. The north end of the 110-Pasadena Freeway, also know as the Arroyo Seco Parkway, will be closed from the Glenarm Street on and off ramps to York Avenue on and off ramps. Here is a press release the museum staff received from the Department of Transportation:
State of California • Department of Transportation
NEWS RELEASE
Date: July 27, 2010
District: Los Angeles/Ventura
Contact: Judy Gish
Phone: (213) 897-3487
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SR-110 55-HOUR CLOSURES SET FOR THIS WEEKEND
PASADENA -- The second 55-hour weekend closure related to the Arroyo Parkway Improvement Project is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. Friday, July 30 until 5 a.m. Monday, August 2 on southbound State Route 110 from Glenarm Street to York Avenue. The closures are necessary to construct the median barrier and to expedite the construction schedule.
The $17 million project, from the Golden State Freeway (I-5) in Los Angeles to Glenarm Street in Pasadena, will replace existing barriers with concrete median and side barriers that mirror the stonework architecture seen throughout the surrounding communities. Historic reproduction lighting will also be installed.
Twenty 55-hour closures are scheduled during construction and will occur every other weekend until early 2011. Traffic control measures will be implemented and detours will be signed. Additional notification will be sent before each closure. The project is expected to complete in late 2011.
Project benefits include enhanced safety for motorists, reduced delays due to maintenance-related closures, reduced maintenance costs, and reduced exposure for Caltrans maintenance workers
For further information about the project, please contact Caltrans Public Affairs at (213) 897-3656 or visit the project website, where detailed detour maps are available: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist07/travel/projects/details.php?id=47
(Scroll down to the bottom of the webpage after jumping to this link; under "Additional Information" you will find the PDF map for the alternate routes.)
This freeway closure does not close the entire 110 freeway north of downtown, only the portion between Glenarm Street and York Avenue going south. This closure will directly affect guests and members located in Pasadena and South Pasadena. CalTrans is supposed to provide the community and organizations such as Heritage Square notice of the closures 60 days in advance, however we only received this notice 3 days in advance. Please expect delays and traffic jams because of the closure. Plan alternate routes to the museum and downtown LA, as suggested by CalTrans. Other routes are the 2-Freeway south to the 5-Freeway to the 110 north, and southbound on Figueroa Blvd. from the 134 Freeway, to Avenue 43.