EB I-80 connector in West Sacramento to close for 55 hours. Here's how to get around it. - CBS Sacramento

By Cecilio Padilla

October 18, 2024 / 10:31 AM PDT / CBS Sacramento

WEST SACRAMENTO – A major Sacramento-area freeway connector is set to be closed starting Friday night through the weekend, Caltrans is warning drivers.

The eastbound Interstate 80 ramp just after the Yolo Causeway to eastbound I-80 in North Sacramento will be closed from Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. to Oct. 21 at 4 a.m. It's all part of the Yolo 50/80 Corridor Improvements Project.

Detours will be in place for the 55-hour closure, but drivers should take note of one major diversion in particular.

🚨#TrafficAlert Yolo 80 scheduled for 55-hour closure. 9pm Fri, 10/18 to 5am Mon, 10/21. EB #YoloCounty Yolo 80 Causeway ramp to EB I-80 to N. Sac. More info at https://t.co/MNS2Ju8LAg @CaltransHQ @CHP_Valley @YoloCountyCA @CityofDavis @cityofwestsac @Sacramento @FlySMF @Caltrux pic.twitter.com/FUkh1Pc6Jj

For people heading to the Sacramento International Airport from eastbound I-80, Caltrans is urging drivers to divert onto northbound Highway 113 from Davis to Woodland, then onto southbound Interstate 5.

Otherwise, drivers expecting to take the eastbound I-80 connector in West Sacramento will be diverted onto Highway 50. From there, drivers can shift onto northbound I-5 through Sacramento.

This round of the Yolo 50/80 Corridor Improvements Project will see crews working on the construct approach slabs, Caltrans says.

Cecilio Padilla is a digital producer for CBS Sacramento and a Sacramento-area native who has been covering Northern California for more than a decade.