Upcoming Highway 50 closure may affect commute for employees

Update: One construction-related closure on Highway 50 that may impact UC Davis Health employees’ commutes remains scheduled for this weekend.

First, the westbound Stockton Blvd. off-ramp was closed the weekend of March 8. The closure lasted 55 hours, from Friday, March 7, at 9 p.m. to Monday, March 10, at 5 a.m.

This weekend, from 9 p.m. Friday, March 14, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 18, an entire section of eastbound Highway 50 through West Sacramento will be closed. Those coming from Davis through West Sacramento to work will be impacted.

Caltrans provided the following detour map:

Caltrans advises using Business 80 to Interstate 5 or getting off the freeway in West Sacramento at Enterprise Blvd and returning to the freeway at Jefferson Blvd.

For more information, visit the Caltrans website.