Snow Flurries in Del Norte Make Traveling 199 a Bit Dicey at the Moment
Snowplows barely keeping up with demand just south of the Collier Tunnel a few moments ago. Photo: Caltrans.
Big snow day in the Del Norte interior! You’re going to maybe want to avoid traveling up 199 at the moment. Chain controls are in effect for commercial vehicles, though not, at the time of this writing, for passenger cars. As you can see from the CHP dispatch logs below, plows are having a hard time clearing the new snowfall.
Elsewhere on the CHP log, we see that the road appears to be fully closed east of Gasquet, at least temporarily, as some vehicles, including at least one semi truck, are blocking the roadway. Follow that incident for more updates.
— Hank Sims
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AI SUMMARY: At 12:28, a request was made to the California Highway Patrol to see if chain control was ineffective on Highway 199 South and Highway 101 South Connection. Plows were reported to be currently on the road but unable to keep up with the conditions. At 12:35, the Department of Transportation issued a request for R1 chain control to be in effect in the area.
— LoCOBot. AI-generated headline and summary as of 12:39 p.m. Did the bot blow it? That’s going to happen from time to time. Please let us know.
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