Heading up 120 to Yosemite over the next few weeks will take you a little longer than you planned as road crews will begin work on the Sierra Northern Railway line where it crosses Highway 120 between Yosemite Junction and Chinese Camp.
Modesto Bee: “The road closure will occur between Highways 108 and 49 near Yosemite Junction starting Monday and ending Oct. 19, said Steve Lackner, a maintenance manager with the Sierra Northern Railway.
California Department of Transportation crews will direct traffic to portions of Highways 108 and 49 as an alternate route.
Lackner said construction crews will be conducting ex-tensive and time-consuming repair work, ripping out the rails at the crossing and re-placing them.
“Once the rails are yanked out, you can’t go over (the crossing),” Lackner said.
Crews will do the same rail repair work the following week at a crossing on Highway 49 between Highways 120 and 108, Lackner said. This closure will start Oct. 22 and end Oct. 25.
Caltrans crews will direct traffic to portions of Highways 120 and 108 as an alternate route.”
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