(UPDATE) Highway 299 Closed Due to Snow (Again)
UPDATE, 11 a.m.: Now opened with chains required, says CHP.
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Once again, Caltrans has shut down Highway 299 just west of Willow Creek due to snow. The forecast, currently, is that it’ll be up again early this afternoon. We’ll keep you posted.
Live updates from CHP dispatch below.
9:25
a.m.
[3] 16-S4 REQ CHANGE CMS SIGNS AND DOT MANNING EAST SIDE OF CLOSURE
9:26
a.m.
[4] 1039 DOT FOR CMS SIGNS
9:26
a.m.
[5] [Notification] [CHP]-16-S4 REQ ADV BEAT UNITS OF CLOSURE
9:48
a.m.
[7] ,,70 ENRT TO 96 AT 299 TO PUT OUT RD CLOSURE SIGNS FRM 299
9:50
a.m.
[8] A16-070 PER 70 ROAD CLOSED SIGN ARE OUT / 1039 CT
9:53
a.m.
[9] ^** SR299** CLOSED**BOTH DIRECTIONS WEST SIDE AT BLUE LAKE SCALES MM 6.40 AND EAST SIDE AT WILLOW CREEK / DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND UNSAFE ROAD CONDITIONS
10:03
a.m.
[10] LE 16-S5 INQ WITH DOT IF THEY ARE GOING TO SEND FLAG CREW OR IF HES GOING TO BE MANNING CLOSURE THE WHOLE TIME
10:33
a.m.
[14] ,,,PER 70 INQ W/22 1013 // 22 WITH S5 AT BLS // PER 70 JEO LORD ELLIS NOW AND RDWY APPEARS OK
10:37
a.m.
[15] 16-S5 PER CT 299 EB IS OPEN / 16-70 WILL ADVS WHEN WB IS BK OPEN AND WE WILL NEED TO ADVS 16-75 OTA
10:39
a.m.
[16] 16-S5 ^*SR 299 IS NOW OPEN BOTH DIRECTIONS -R2- CHAIN CONTROL IN EFFECT STILL **
10:41
a.m.
[17] [Notification] [CHP]-Problem changed from CLOSURE-Closure of a Road to CHAINS-Chain Control
10:42
a.m.
[18] A16-070 CT SUPV HAS BEEN NOTFD THAT IT IS OPEN
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