I-5 Southbound Overnight Full Freeway Closures

Santa Fe Springs– The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announces the scheduled overnight lane and full freeway closuresof Interstate 5 (Santa Ana Freeway) southbound between Carmenita Road and Artesia Boulevard for final striping of the new HOV (high occupancy vehicle) or carpool lanes. The closures are subject to change and are scheduled as follows:

The nights of Tuesday, April 5, Wednesday, April 6, and Thursday, April 7:

• Southbound I-5 all lanes closed from Carmenita Road to Artesia Boulevard from 11:59 p.m. to 5 a.m.
• Corresponding on and off ramps within the freeway closure will also be closed.
• Southbound I-605 (San Gabriel River Freeway) connector to southbound I-5 also closed 11:59 p.m. to 5 a.m.

The nights of Wednesday, April 6 & Thursday, April 7:

• The left lane will close at 9 p.m. from Carmenita Road to Artesia Boulevard.

The mainline lanes will reopen at 5 a.m. The new southbound HOV lanes from south of the Florence Ave. Bridge to the Orange County line will open to traffic by 7 a.m., possibly sooner.

Detour: southbound I-5 traffic will be detoured to southbound Carmenita Road to eastbound Artesia Boulevard back to southbound I-5.

Alternate route: southbound I-605 to eastbound State Route 91 to southbound I-5.

Lanes will reopen each morning.Watch for updates at: https://twitter.com/CaltransDist7 and real-time closures at https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/