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I-5 North County Enhancement Project Nears End
The Weldon Canyon Road Bridge was demolished in November 2023 as part of the ongoing I-5 North County Enhancement project.
By Irwin Rapoport
OHLA-USA crews began working on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) and the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $679 million I-5 North County Enhancement project on Dec. 1, 2021, and are on track for 2026 completion. The project’s goal is to improve the operations and safety of Interstate 5 for Santa Clarita Valley motorists, in part by removing trucks from the general-purpose lanes and by adding
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space for merging. LA Metro planned, designed and is managing the construction in partnership with Caltrans of a project that covers a 14mi. corridor between State Route 14 in Santa Clarita and Parker Road in Castaic. The initiative is adding one high occupancy vehicle (HOV)/carpool lane in each direction along I-5; extending the northbound truck lane from SR-14 to Calgrove Boulevard; adding a southbound truck lane from Calgrove Boulevard to SR-14; installing sound walls at four locations; replacing the
Weldon Canyon Bridge; installing Intelligent Transportation System improvements between the Interstate 405 and Interstate 210 interchanges; and constructing additional outside lanes. “The new pavement is JPCP (jointed planed concrete pavement) with significant hot-mix asphalt placed on shoulders and ramps,” said Patrick Chandler, LA Metro's media relations manager. “The sound walls are placed with masonry blocks over concrete barriers.” see I-5 page 7