Interstate 5 from San Clemente to Oceanside has lengthy been one in every of California’s visitors choke factors, with no different close by various routes between Los Angeles and San Diego.
So visitors delays may very well be important Saturday with the U.S. navy planning to fireside dwell artillery rounds over Interstate 5 in Southern California. The freeway will likely be shut down briefly Saturday afternoon alongside a 17-mile stretch of coastal northern San Diego County, simply south of the border with Orange County.
What do we all know in regards to the closure?
The closure will start at 11 a.m. and final till 3 p.m. The navy occasion involving dwell ammunition being fired over the freeway is directed by the White Home, in keeping with the California Division of Transportation.
It’ll have an effect on the portion of Interstate 5 alongside Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, which is among the navy’s busiest installations.
The closure will sever the first hyperlink between the southern coastal fringe of Orange County and the northern seashore cities of San Diego County. Motorists will likely be pressured to drive all the best way across the mountainous Camp Pendleton — which spans 125,000 acres — using Interstate 15 as the first alternate route.
That would make what can be — with out visitors, which is uncommon — a 22-mile, 23-minute drive from Oceanside to San Clemente right into a 138-mile, 2-hour-and-20-minute drive (if making an attempt to keep away from Orange County’s toll roads), with motorists pressured to go round Camp Pendleton. (Interstate 5 by way of the bottom usually sees backups even on weekends).
The place is it?
The closure will likely be in impact from Basilone Drive simply south of San Clemente by way of Harbor Drive simply north of Oceanside.
Rail service may also be disrupted, affecting the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink service.
What are some alternate options?
From San Diego County to Orange and L.A. counties: Use Interstate 15 north as an alternative of Interstate 5, by way of Temecula and Lake Elsinore, then take Route 91 west to Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles County to San Diego County: Take Route 91 east, by way of Corona, then Interstate 15 south.
From Orange County to San Diego County: Take Route 55 north to Route 91 east, then Interstate 15 south.
From San Diego County to Orange County: Take Interstate 15 north to Route 91 west, then Route 55 south.
