Westbound Highway 50 Drivers Will be Detoured Wednesday, September 1

Drivers heading west on U.S. Highway 50 in Sacramento will be detoured Wednesday, September 1, to facilitate work to replace a bicycle/pedestrian crossing near White Rock Road.

Beginning at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1, on westbound U.S. Highway 50, the California Highway Patrol will assist in directing motorists to exit at Zinfandel Drive. From there, traffic will travel west on Folsom Boulevard, where they can re-enter westbound Highway 50 at Mather Field Road. The detour is scheduled to be completed by 5 a.m. on Thursday, September 2. Drivers can expect delays of up to 20 minutes.

This detour is necessary so workers from the partnership of DeSilva-Gates Construction and MCM Construction can remove false-work to construct a new bicycle/pedestrian overcrossing over Highway 50 near White Rock Park.
This work is just part of a $108 million project by Caltrans, Sacramento County, the City of Rancho Cordova, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, and the Sacramento Transportation Authority that will help unclog traffic congestion and reduce air pollution by adding 15 lane miles of new bus/carpool lanes on U.S. Highway 50 between Watt Avenue in Sacramento and Sunrise Boulevard in Rancho Cordova. In addition to new bus/carpool lanes, the project also includes:

-More than four miles of new sound walls at a dozen locations
-Community enhancements, such as improved lighting and landscaping
-Replacement of two bike/pedestrian overcrossings at Manlove Road and White Rock Park to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards

New ramp meters, changeable message signs, and traffic camerasProposition 1B, the $19.9 billion transportation bond championed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and passed by voters in 2006, is providing $54.8 million in funding for the project.

Sacramento County’s Measure A, a half-cent sales tax dedicated to transportation improvements, contributed $37 million in funding for the project, which is a partnership between Caltrans, Sacramento County, Rancho Cordova, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, and the Sacramento Transportation Authority.

Caltrans urges all motorists to use caution in this area and to “Slow for the Cone Zone”.