SUBJECT:

Overnight Closure of Southbound I-5 March 8 and 13

All southbound lanes on Interstate 5, from the I-805 merge to La Jolla Village Drive, will be temporarily closed overnight on Thursday, March 8 and Tuesday, March 13 due to Gilman Drive Bridge construction. Crews will be adjusting falsework and coordinating concrete pours to form the understructure of the bridge. Motorists should anticipate delays and take alternate routes to avoid potential congestion.

Closures are scheduled as follows and subject to change:

Thursday, March 8:

· Full closure of Southbound I-5 from the I-805 merge to La Jolla Village Drive

· Thursday, March 8 through early morning Friday, March 9 (from 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.).

Tuesday, March 13:

· Full closure of Southbound I-5 from the I-805 merge to La Jolla Village Drive

· Tuesday, March 13 through early morning Wednesday, March 14 (from 9:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.)

Southbound motorists will be detoured via Interstate 805. Traffic controls and detour signs will be in place to alert motorists in advance.

To view the schedule of planned closures and associated detours, visit http://KeepSanDiegoMoving. com/Midcoast. To plan your commute and find alternate routes, visit http://ShiftSanDiego.com, a resource created by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and Caltrans to help travelers navigate through and learn more about construction areas. You may also want to consider using other traffic and navigation tools such as Google Maps and Waze.

For more information on the Gilman Drive Bridge project, and other regional transportation projects that will transform the way we access campus over the next several years, visit http://OnTheGo.ucsd.edu

We greatly appreciate your patience during these construction activities.

Gary C. Matthews Vice Chancellor- Resource Management and Planning