UPDATE, 8:22 a.m.: The highway is open! Shortly after this post was published, Caltrans updated its alert to say it’s only the Hookton Road offramp that’s currently closed. Proceed with caution.

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File photo of Salmon Creek at Eel River Drive. It likely looks very much like this currently. | Photo by Andrew Goff

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Caltrans is reporting that Hwy. 101 southbound is fully closed at the Hookton Road offramp, south of College of the Redwoods, due to emergency work.

This spot is at the bottom of the hill leading up to the Loleta offramp, and as you can see in the above LoCO file photo it is very prone to flooding. We assume that’s the nature of this emergency work.

The estimated reopening is currently listed as 11:59 p.m., though that may simply be a placeholder meaning, essentially, “We don’t know.”

The Outpost will update as new information becomes available.