Traffic Hazard Caused by Fallen Tree on Highway 254 Results in Road Closure
AI SUMMARY: A traffic hazard was reported at Highway 254 North near Humboldt at mile marker 0.90 involving a tree blocking the northbound lane. The California Highway Patrol was notified and the Department of Transportation was contacted. The road was closed with flares and cones set up at mile marker 5. Additional trees were located at mile markers 4.96 and 5. Communication lines were damaged, but poles were intact. PG&E estimated a 25-minute ETA for repairs, with AT&T unable to provide an estimated time of opening for the road. The road remained closed as of the last update from CalTrans.
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3:58
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[8] 1039 DOT / STARTING C/O
4:09
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[13] C105-017 ,97 WITH 1125 TREE
4:18
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[17] 1039 DOT SUPERVISOR ENRT
4:18
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[18] [Notification] [CHP]-1125 NB AND SB LNS
4:21
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[21] [Notification] [CHP]-PER DOT 15 MIN ETA
4:29
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[27] 105-17 RDWAY CLOSED WITH FLASRES AND CONES ENRT TO MM 5 ON 254
4:36
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[28] C105-017 ADDT TREE LOCATED TREE 1125 NB AT MM 4.96 APPROX 15 INCH IN DIA
4:38
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[31] PER FRONTEIR NOT THEIR POLE
4:45
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[40] 105-17 COMMUNCITON LINE IS DMGED POLE IS STILL IN INTACT AND FINE
4:46
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[41] 1039 PGE // WILL CB WITH ETA
6
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[49] ATandT WILL CB FOR ETA /TK #PE56BF27
6:15
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[51] 1039 CT - ROAD WILL BE SHUT DOWN WITH NO ETA OF OPENING 0.85-0.95 CLOSED AND MM 5 TREE WAS CLEARED
6:16
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[52] 1039 HSO LINE 51 // 1039 CF FORTUNA LINE 51
7:53
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[59] PER ATandT NEG ETA AT THIS TIME / WILL CB
11:14
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[65] [Notification] [CHP]-1039 ATandT STILL NO ETA - ATandT SAID THEY DONT HAVE TECH ASSIGNED BUT STILL TRYING
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