The full closure of a 2 1/2-mile stretch of the Santa Ana (101) Freeway east of downtown Los Angeles wrapped up early Sunday, as part of a project to replace the Sixth Street Viaduct.
The closure — between the Santa Monica (10) Freeway on the south and the “5/10/101” freeway interchange on the north — began Friday at 10 p.m. and was scheduled to stretch through 3 p.m. Sunday, according to the city of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering.
However, Caltrans tweeted at 8:55 a.m. Sunday that the freeway was once again fully open.
The work is part of the city’s $588 million Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement Project, replacing a 1930s-era structure that is considered seismically unsound. The new viaduct, set to be completed in summer of next year, is the largest bridge project in city history.
A second closure will be from 10 p.m. on Nov. 4 through 3 p.m. on Nov. 6.