Bart is ripping up 5000 feet of track and replacing it. That means bus bridges and 40 minute delays. It is going to be pretty bad. Reporter the two eastbound lanes of highway 24 closest of the track will also be close. Those lanes will accommodate a crane to lift heavy track in swiss switching boxes. That should be a nightmare. We could not think of another way to do this anyway that is safe and allows us to complete the job in a timely manner. More than 30 minutes on highway 24 one of those lanes will reopen. Slowing repairs. If we have to go down to one lane we are not going to be up to use the crane at that point. It is going to take time to redeploy that equipment. Reporter is 10,000 feet of train control cabling six switch boxes and 3 Million Pounds of rock getting installed. That is a huge left. It will provide a much more stable ride for our writers. Reporter is a bitter pill they will have to swallow for better service. More frequent trains. Im all for it. I write bart. I dont
This truck carrying roughly 6,000 chickens overturned and kept part of highway 121 in Sonoma County closed all day. A rollover accident backed up traffic in the daly city area, flooding temporarily closing the northbound 101 connector ramp in San Francisco. And a big rig in fremont crashed into a power pole at auto mall parkway. He cause is under investigation. The message is always going to be slow down, right . Thats the biggest thing. Slow down. Build in a little extra time and be patient. Reporter and another word of advice. Remember to increase the distance between your car and the car in front of you. And another reminder, chp says if your windshield wipers are on, your headlights must be on. We say it all the time but a lot of drivers forget. Cristina rendon at the bay bridge toll plaza, thank you. We want to take a look now at our live drive time traffic map. The red is heavy rain and the boxes are crashes or hazards. A live look at the conditions on 80 on berkeley on this thur