CONSTRUCTION AHEAD ON THE 101.Byline: Daily News Commuters along the Ventura Freeway The Ventura Freeway is a freeway in southern California running from Ventura to Pasadena. It is the principal east-west route through Ventura County and in the southern San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County. will be making their way around a years-long construction zone beginning tonight as work starts on a project to build a bridge over the highway at Seaward Avenue. The 30-month project will eventually bring the new bridge, freeway ramps and widened roadways, officials said. It comes as area commuters recently weathered a construction project farther south along the freeway at the Victoria Avenue ramp and as another project gears up at Johnson Drive. ``These are long-awaited projects,'' said project spokesman Richard Newsham Richard Newsham (?—1743) was an English inventor. In 1721 he took out a patent on the first American fire engine pump. The engine had two single-acting pumps and an air vessel placed in a tank which formed the frame of the machine. . ``The reason why they're they're Contraction of they are. they're be all happening at once is because the state is funding them.'' The three projects total about $34 million. Starting tonight the southbound south·bound adj. Going toward the south. southbound Adjective going towards the south Adj. 1. on-ramp to the freeway at Seaward Avenue-Harbor Boulevard will be closed, with traffic being diverted di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. to the ramp at Monmouth Way. The northbound north·bound adj. Going toward the north. northbound Adjective going towards the north Adj. 1. ramp will be partially closed during nighttime construction next week. The freeway, however, will remain open with three lanes in each direction throughout the construction project. The $9 million Seaward Avenue project is being funded by a federal transportation grant and the state. Construction is finishing up on the $15 million Victoria Avenue project, which involves roadway widening at that ramp. In coming weeks, work is to get under way on the Johnson Drive project, a $10 million, 11-month project to create an underpass below the Union Pacific rail line in the area's auto center. While traffic delays are expected with the Seaward Avenue project, officials said it was designed to minimize traffic troubles. ``The same number of traffic lanes are being opened the whole time,'' Newsham said. ``Obviously, people just need to slow down and be aware of the construction.'' |
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