UPDATE: Inclement weather have forced the closures to this week May 6-10

Santa Fe Springs~Caltrans will close up to two lanes on both sides of the 5 Freeway between Carmenita Avenue and Valley View Avenue from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday this coming week

Motorists are urged to exit at Rosecrans Avenue or Valley View Avenue to avoid delays.

The work is part of the $110 million I-5 Widening and Alondra Boulevard Bridge Project.

The overnight work involves placing concrete median barriers and re-striping the lanes.

Caltrans is constructing one carpool lane and one general purpose lane in each direction from North Fork Coyote Creek Bridge to Marquardt Avenue, reconstructing the Alondra Boulevard and North Fork Coyote Creek overcrossings, and realigning and upgrading adjacent frontage roads.

Also this week, the southbound Carmenita Road off-ramp will be closed from 7 p.m. Wednesday to 5 p.m. Thursday for work involving the $380 million Carmenita Road Bridge Project which eventually, will be widened from its existing two lanes to ten.

All this work is part of the 5 Freeway South Corridor Improvement Projects from the Los Angeles/Orange County line to I-605.

For more information call (855) 454-6335 or visit www.I-5info.com