I-5 South Closure? (2/3/06)

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02-03-2006, 10:40 PM

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I-5 South Closure? (2/3/06)

Just heard a little news teaser saying that I-5 South in Merced county would be closed for the weekend due to an accident/spill. They didn't say from where to where.

Just thought I'd give a heads-up.

EDIT: From the DOT website:

[CENTRAL CALIFORNIA]
IS CLOSED FROM THE JCT OF SR 165 TO THE JCT OF SR 33 (MERCED CO) - DUE TO
AN ACCIDENT - A DETOUR IS AVAILABLE

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02-03-2006, 10:57 PM

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Ya, it was on the news, traffic is backed up, people are pissed, the works...

02-03-2006, 11:48 PM

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Aaron (international b) was stuck in that today

02-04-2006, 12:11 AM

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Yea i saw that. Looks like it was a chemical spill (well that's what the signs said)

Here's the story

http://www.kcra.com/news/6719419/detail.html

02-04-2006, 12:41 AM

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Glad I'm not headed that way this weekend.... sounds like a big mess.

02-04-2006, 10:06 AM

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haha, my friend called me asking me to go there and shoot him.
he left santa rosa around 1pm and was into i-5 by about a mile. around 630pm...
i couldnt help but laugh at him.

02-04-2006, 11:37 AM

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yeah, it sucks when the 5 closes, I got stuck in some residual traffic once after it closed for most of the day when a big rig flipped over and went up in flames

02-04-2006, 02:02 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by soggynoodles

Yea i saw that. Looks like it was a chemical spill (well that's what the signs said)

Here's the story

http://www.kcra.com/news/6719419/detail.html

that site almost seems fake with the typos in the story

02-06-2006, 08:42 AM

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This sucked something major. I was on the way down to So Cal for a wedding I was in... I5 was a parking lot. Took two extra hours to get there and I missed the wedding rehursal, but arrived, and thankfully, just in time for the alkeyhollllll