Saturday, August 29, 2015

Highway 101 is still closed in Burlingame


The Broadway overpass at the accident site remains shut down as repairs continue after an electrical tower was hit by a piece of construction equipment late last night shutting down highway 101 as seen in Sat. August 28, 2015, in Burlingame, Calif. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle
Stuff happens!
ABC 7 News/Sergio Quintana, Melanie Woodrow, Staff, 8/29/15, includes 6 minute video, update 2:10 pm, "All lanes of Highway 101 in Burlingame closed due to downed wires."  Video.  Caption: "Thousands of drivers were stuck for hours after Highway 101 in Burlingame was shut down Friday night and it is not expected to reopen until 5 p.m. on (today) Saturday. (8/29/15)."

"BURLINGAME, Calif. (KGO) -- All lanes of Highway 101 between Millbrae Avenue and Anza Boulevard in Burlingame are closed due to downed power lines across the freeway. At 9:33 p.m. (Friday, 8/28/15) a PG&E transmission tower collapsed, causing a big power surge in the Bay Area that could be seen at AT&T Park as the lights flickered during the San Francisco Giants game.

PG&E says a third-party construction crew with a crane struck the transmission tower causing high-powered transmission lines to fall onto the highway. That caused traffic to stop for over six hours until PG&E could de-energize the lines and safely move drivers out of the way. They said they were waiting for special equipment to arrive on scene. Northbound traffic is being diverted to Anza Boulevard and southbound traffic is being diverted to Millbrae Avenue. The construction project that crews were working on is one that is jointly shared by Caltrans and San Mateo County." 

Note:  photograph and several slides by Michael Macor from San Francisco Chronicle/SF Gate, 8/29/15. 

Posted by Kathy Meeh

4 comments:

Tom Clifford said...

Cal-Trans strikes again !!!

Kathy Meeh said...

Okay Tom 214, easy enough source confusion, now highlighted: "... a third-party construction crew with a crane struck the transmission tower causing high-powered transmission lines to fall onto the highway."
It's more like Caltrans was struck, rather than "strikes again".

Tom Clifford said...

Kathy, The third party construction crew was working as a sub-contractor for Cal-Trans& San Mateo County. Cal-Trans as the lead agency is responsible for the actions of it sub-contractors.

Kathy Meeh said...

Tom 314, due to highway construction there-- okay, thanks for the clarification.