Early morning road work, Highway 101 Millbrae/Burlingame this weekend and next

SF Gate/Jenna Lyons, 3/18/16. "Highway 101 closure coming this weekend in San Mateo County."

 New Broadway Interchange Project design.
Coming soon, in government time.

"A span of Highway 101 in San Mateo County will be closed during late-night hours this weekend as workers demolish the maze-like, four-lane Broadway overpass in Burlingame, officials said.
All southbound 101 lanes between Millbrae and Broadway avenues will be blocked off from 1 to 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, said Gidget Navarro, a Caltrans spokeswoman. The No. 1 northbound lane will also be closed during the roadwork in case of falling debris, she said. Traffic will be diverted to local roads at Millbrae Avenue, and drivers can pick up Highway 101 at Broadway.

The closures come during another phase in Caltrans’ $45 million Broadway Interchange Project, which is getting rid of a heavily used but confusing and reviled bridge to make way for a new seven-lane overpass, which opened to drivers Thursday morning. More ramps still need to be built, with construction set to wrap up next year. Officials are closing all northbound lanes in the same section of the highway on March 26 and 27 from midnight until 6 a.m. for demolition." 

Related news article.  San Mateo County Times/Mike Rosenberg, 8/30/10, "Plan revealed for rebuilding Highway 101 interchange at Broadway in Burlingame." "San Mateo County's oldest, and some would say most confusing, Highway 101 interchange is finally in line for an overhaul. Now officials just need to convince the federal government to help fund the project. State, county and city officials on Monday released detailed plans to replace the interchange at Broadway in Burlingame, which is used by about 33,000 drivers daily. The $73 million project includes a new seven-lane overpass across the freeway north of the existing four-lane crossing. Unlike the current bridge, which connects both sides of the freeway with a winding road requiring turns, the new overpass will be a straight shot connecting Rollins Road to the west with Bayshore Highway to the east."

Reference.  Design.   San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA), 3/7/13, pdf pages 9, existing configuration (illustration 9), new configuration (illustration 10), planting concept (illustration 12).  Project.  CalTrans, District 4, US 101 Broadway Interchange Reconstruction Project,  Initial Study with Mitigated Negative Declaration, 3/2011, pdf pages 276. Related. Public meeting 9/15/10, pdf pages 26.  Note graphic from Landscaping/Haygood and Associates,  referenced planting concept (illustration 12), SMCTA above. 

Posted by Kathy Meeh