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OC 405 Closure "Bridge Bash" Seal Beach RAW FOOTAGE

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Written by City News Service - About a half-dozen giant excavators poked and prodded
at a 50-year-old disconnected bridge this weekend at the southbound San Diego
(405) Freeway at the eastbound Garden Grove (22) Freeway.
   ``Everything has been business as usual,'' said Caltrans spokeswoman
Sarah King. ``We've been planning this demolition for about 10 months, so we're
glad that the `Bridge Bash' is here and we're on schedule,'' King said.
   The plan was to have the bridge down by 7 a.m. and spend the next 10
hours sweeping up the dust and debris before reopening all lanes by 5 p.m.
today, she said.
   Caltrans engineers do not believe a 20-hour shutdown has ever been
scheduled along the Orange County section of the 405, which opened in 1962.
   Traffic patterns as far east as Riverside County have been affected by
the closure of both directions of the 405 at the Garden Grove (22) Freeway
interchange in Westminster, about five miles east of Long Beach and 15 miles
northwest of the ``El Toro Y.''
   Traffic heading south or east from Los Angeles County into Orange
County. Traffic on the 405 south and 22 east will be detoured off those
freeways in Long Beach and directed to use surface streets for five miles.
   Northbound 405 traffic was to be shunted off at Valley View Street, the
last exit before the big overpass that is being demolished.
   Westbound 22 traffic is not affected, other than the absence of
northbound 405 traffic where the two freeways are conjoined approaching Long
Beach.
   Dozens of detour signs have been placed on surface streets in Long
Beach, Seal Beach and Westminster, to guide motorists back to the freeway.
   Ripple effects were expected on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway, especially
the construction zone between the 605 Freeway and Orange County, said Orange
County Transportation Authority spokesman Ted Nguyen.``I would say that, with
traffic patterns rippling out, this will have a major impact.''
   Traffic may also use the Newport (55) or Orange (57) freeways to the
east, the Riverside (91) Freeway to the north, and even the Pomona (60) Freeway
to the far north, to give the 405 closure a wide berth.
   On Saturday, officials said traffic was heavier than usual on nearby
surface streets, but the detours were working well, according to the Orange
County Register.
   Electronic signs as far south as San Diego, and as far north as near
Bakersfield, are spreading the word. ``But there are going to be some some
people who, for some situations, just have to be there, Nguyen said.''
   Over the past week and a half, the hash tag ``Bridge Bash'' has been
used about 1.5 million times on Twitter, he said, referring to the agency's
name for this weekend's work on the busy freeway.
   ``On social media we're seeing a rapid growth in the number of people
sharing content'' about the project, Nguyen said.
   The closure is allowing workers to demolish the 50-year-old bridge that
carried 22 east traffic off the joint 22/405 freeway next to the strawberry
fields of the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station.
   It is part of a $277 million plan to widen the 405 and 22 freeways and
build direct carpool connector bridges.
   The same project is also adding carpool connectors and widening the
other 22/405 interchange, three miles to the west in Long Beach. LOUDLABS NEWS

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