[BR-Crater] I-80 construction info (was: Crater Assault 4 planning)

[Ian Kluft]

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 06:54:43AM -0700, Ian Kluft wrote:
> Those of us returning to the Bay Area will have a complication with the
> nightly I-80 closure between Colfax and Auburn from 7PM to 7AM.  The
> alternate routes are SR70 via Quincy & Oroville, US50 via South Lake
> Tahoe & Placerville and SR88 via Minden & Stockton.  All of us on the
> trip will pick the route.

I found CalTrans' web site about the I-80 Sierra rehabilitation construction:
   http://www.getacross80.com/travel_info.php

There's no traffic-impacting construction today.  Sunday there will be
closures and detours in both directions.  That's going to be ugly.

For those of us who must cross the Sierras to get to Black Rock, we'll have
to refer to that web site for all trips there this year.  I think the story
for 2009 will be a repetition of taking alternate routes and allowing extra
time.

Here's what a daytime stoppage of I-80 looked like in 2000.  I've really
tried to avoid these since.
   http://ian.kluft.com/blackrock/aeronaut2000/d1p01-hwy.jpg