Nor Cal highway 101 closure

Updated: U.S. Highway 101 to be shut down for two weeks north of Garberville

Times-Standard
Posted: 03/30/2011 10:09:19 AM PDT


The California Highway Patrol estimates both directions of traffic on U.S. Highway 101 in Southern Humboldt will be closed for an estimated two weeks.
CHP Officer Len Johnson said the freeway appears to have buckled 50 feet in both directions from where the mud slide occurred at about 9:20 a.m. today, about one mile north of Dean Creek and five miles north of Garberville.
"It's a mess," Johnson said.
CHP is advising motorists to take the long way around via State Route 299 to Interstate 5 to State Route 20, as county roads have also been impacted by the rain. That detour is also the only one available for big rigs, according to CHP.
Johnson said the slide was likely caused by the 7 inches of rain the area has received in the last month.