Interstate 15 at the California-Nevada state line was shut down temporarily this morning (Monday) due to weather-related accidents.
Caltrans tells KTLA 5 TV THAT Crashes and other incidents due to snowy or icy conditions triggered the closure of the 15 Freeway at the California-Nevada state line early this morning.
Caltrans shut down lanes in both directions. They’re estimated to reopen in two to three hours, the agency tweeted just after 6 this morning.
“Find a warm place to pull off and hold on place,” Caltrans said.
Over the past weekend, Las Vegas got measurable snowfall for the first time in a decade.
Meanwhile, the i-5 Grapevine north of Los Angeles just started reopening Monday morning after officials blocked it Sunday due to snow, hail, black ice and a number of collisions.
In Palm Springs, a portion of Highway 111 reopened Sunday night, 3 days after a powerful downpour washed away parts of the pavement and scattered debris across the main highway into the desert city. They’ve got one lane each direction open while they make repairs to the rest of the structure.
Highway 111 is one of four major routes from the 10 freeway into and out of Palm Springs that were all closed the day of - and the day after - the Valentine’s Day storm, that dropped nearly 4 inches of rain on parts of the Coachella valley. Most of those routes into and out of Palm Springs are now at least partially opened.
The road closures and record flooding that hit Palm Springs Thursday came just as thousands of visitors were arriving in town for the start of Modernism Week, one of Palm Springs’ biggest annual tourist events.
No timeline for when all the repairs would be completed has been released.
In all, $14 million in emergency contracts were awarded by Caltrans to repair roadways damaged by Thursday's storm in Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
The National Weather Service expects more rain will fall in the region next week, though much of it will be limited to mountain areas.
