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PRE-DAWN WORK EXPECT DETOURS ON A.V. FREEWAY.


Byline: Daily News

PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962.  - The Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley.  will be closed to traffic in one or both directions late each night and early each morning this week south of Palmdale as construction continues on car-pool lanes.

The closures will run from midnight to 4 a.m. or 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., Caltrans officials said.

Early today, the southbound south·bound  
adj.
Going toward the south.


southbound
Adjective

going towards the south

Adj. 1.
 freeway lanes will be closed from midnight to 4 a.m. from Palmdale Boulevard to Avenue S. Traffic will be detoured off the freeway along Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling  to Avenue S.

Early Wednesday Wednesday: see week. , the northbound north·bound  
adj.
Going toward the north.


northbound
Adjective

going towards the north

Adj. 1.
 freeway lanes will be closed from 1 to 5 a.m. between Pearblossom Highway and Avenue S. Traffic will be detoured off the freeway from the Pearblossom Highway off-ramp to Sierra Highway, then to Avenue S.

Early Thursday, both the northbound and the southbound lanes will be closed. The southbound freeway will be closed from midnight to 4 a.m. from Palmdale Boulevard to Avenue S. The northbound lanes will be closed from 1 to 5 a.m. from Pearblossom Highway to Avenue S. Traffic will be detoured along Sierra Highway and Avenue S.

Early Friday, the northbound lanes will be closed from 1 to 5 a.m. from Pearblossom Highway to Avenue S. Traffic will be detoured along Sierra Highway.

Early Saturday, the southbound lanes will be closed from midnight to 4 a.m. from Palmdale Boulevard to Avenue S. The detour will be Sierra Highway to Avenue S.

The closures are for a 6.2-mile, $41 million project to add a high-occupancy-vehicle, or HOV, lane in each direction from the Pearblossom Highway interchange An interchange is a location where two things meet, usually perform some kind of exchange, and possibly go on their ways again. It is most commonly used in four contexts:
  • Transportation:
. The construction project is expected to be completed in spring 2007.

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(1 -- color) Construction is under way for a car-pool lane in each direction on a 6.2-mile stretch of the Antelope Valley Freeway.

(2 -- color) Crews work on one of the new bridges that are part of a widening project, to add car-pool lanes, on the Antelope Valley Freeway.

Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jun 21, 2005
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