11 Postponed

I was going to drive State Route 11 tomorrow, but some idiot ran into the overpass at the southern end of the highway, where it crosses I-5.

The overpass was damaged Thursday afternoon near milepost 231 when an excavator on a tractor-trailer failed to make the clearance. Three of the six support beams were badly damaged, and 22 steel cables were broken along with some of the concrete.

Westbound (northbound) traffic is being re-routed to a different overpass, which is quite clearly not part of Highway 11.

Luckily, the temporary repairs will be done in less than a week, so maybe I can drive the route on July 20. . .