5 Freeway Reopened After Weekend Closure To Demolish Burbank Boulevard Bridge
The freeway was reopened at about 2 a.m. Monday, and all ramps and freeway connectors will reopen by 6 a.m.
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The freeway was reopened at about 2 a.m. Monday, and all ramps and freeway connectors will reopen by 6 a.m.
The closure of all northbound lanes at the 134 Freeway near Griffith Park will start at 2 p.m. Saturday and is expected to end at 2 a.m. Monday.
The crash happened at about 7 a.m. in the northbound lanes near Griffith Park Drive. A man was found lying on the ground, near the center divider.
The northbound 5 Freeway at the 138 in Gorman will be closed well into the afternoon Wednesday after at least two big rigs crashed, spilling a corrosive material into lanes.
Traffic was finally moving again in the Newhall Pass Friday after a wild chase and officer-involved shooting shut down both sides of the 5 Freeway between the 210 and the 14 freeways for hours overnight.
Caltrans announced Thursday that the 5 Freeway in Burbank will close for a 36-hour period on the weekend of April 25.
A big rig burst into flames off the 5 Freeway in Sylmar, igniting brush and shutting down freeway lanes on the 5 Freeway.
The northbound side of I-5 is narrowed to two lanes between Verdugo Avenue and Magnolia Boulevard during the entire weekend, and will be reduced to one lane on Monday from 12:01 a.m. to 4 a.m.
The two closures in the 5 Freeway bottleneck into Sylmar caused several miles of backup into Santa Clarita.
The newly-constructed Empire Avenue interchange opened early Monday morning, which is good news for commuters who have been suffering through years of road work on the 5 Freeway.
There were several calls reporting about 10 motorcycles doing tricks, taking video of their stunts and stopping traffic on the 5 Freeway at about 1 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
The California Highway Patrol has issued a Sig Alert after a semi-truck hit a concrete bridge spilling the produce it was carrying and caught fire.
Three suspects were in custody Tuesday night following a pursuit that started in West Hollywood and ended in Castaic.
The crash was first reported at about 5:30 a.m. in the middle lanes of the northbound freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash involved a pickup truck that ended up wedged beneath a big rig, which briefly caught fire.
A tanker truck hauling about 7,500 gallons of diesel fuel overturned Wednesday on the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway in the Atwater Village area
It wasn't immediately clear why the pedestrian was on the freeway, but it was reported that they may have been on the phone with police reporting an accident that occurred earlier.
A DUI suspect was reportedly arrested following a wrong-way crash that left four injured on the 5 Freeway in Santa Ana early Saturday morning.
The truck hit the center divider just north of Garfield Avenue at about 5:15 a.m., leaving the truck's trailer on its side. The driver had to be extricated from the cab, and he was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.
A tow truck driver who was working alongside the 5 Freeway was killed after being struck by a big rig in a hit-and-run accident Friday evening.
The 5 Freeway in East LA is back open after a multiple-vehicle crash that somehow left the cab of a big rig on top of its trailer.
At least five big rigs and two vehicles got tangled up Friday on the northbound 5 Freeway at Van Nuys Boulevard in Mission Hills.
The crash was first reported at 2:53 a.m. as a big rig on its side on the southbound 5 Freeway at Euclid Street in Anaheim. The truck was blocking the carpool lane, while a red sedan was left crushed and unrecognizable a couple of lanes away.
A freeway collision involving a Mercedes-Benz and a big rig left at least one person dead, authorities said Tuesday.
A big rig overturned Wednesday night in the northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway in Castaic, prompting authorities to close the northbound side of the freeway.
A Ventura County Sheriff's search and rescue volunteer was killed and several others were injured Saturday morning in a multi-vehicle crash on the 5 Freeway in Lebec.
