Weekend Tunnel Forecast: Closures
Eric Richardson
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — It's a three day weekend and you might want to use it to just stay inside and not try to cross Downtown. The weekend forecast for 2nd, 3rd and 4th streets is closed, with occasional periods of openness. Let's sort it all out so you can you plan your driving accordingly.
The 3rd street tunnel has a full closure both tomorrow and Sunday from 6am to 11am for a show (?) called Run for Money.
The 2nd street tunnel has a full closure tomorrow from noon to 3am for a Lexus shoot.
That same Lexus shoot closes the 4th street freeway (4th from Beaudry to Olive) on Sunday from 8pm to 3am.
shannon on January 20, 2008, at 01:56AM – #1
thanks for this post. on my way into downtown this morning i remembered the warnings just as i was about to take glendale to the 2nd street tunnel...temple became my saviour.
shannon on January 20, 2008, at 01:59AM – #2
oh yeah, and the Run for Money thing....whatever it was...i was probably in it numerous times. there were people with cameras running all over the areas i was touring this morning. look for my infamous orange jacket...
Ed Fuentes on January 20, 2008, at 03:28AM – #3
blogdowntown is now on orange jacket watch
John Crandell on January 20, 2008, at 01:36PM – #4
At one time, there were plans to reconstruct all of the Third Street Tunnel - following what was rebuilt in the first phase of Cal Plaza. It was said to be seismically unsound and is now over a century old. During construction, the harder grey colored clay hidden beneath buff clay caused the boring machine to disintegrate and the contracting company had to have the balance dug out by hand. There was a ceiling collapse at one location during the digging, if I recall correctly from reading accounts in the Builder and Contractor Newspaper (available at the Central Library on microfilm). p.s. - good luck with those gawd-awfull microfilm reading machines. AWFULL!
Stevie on January 21, 2008, at 09:03PM – #5
Love it. Just love how someone in my building wants to know how to clean the windows. I think I'm in tunnel closures remarks. Why won't my buddies on the 10th floor answer thier door?!? Check out my blog everyone. I'm the concierge at the Downtown Standard.
love it or leave it!!