Closed 405 Freeway Looks Eerily Dead

Jul 16 2011           Jump To Discussion

LOS ANGELES – Along with all the attempts to cash in from L.A.’s 405 closure (“I Survived Carmageddon” T-shirts are being sold all over the place), there has also been months of planning.

Construction crews, police, fire and medical officials have been gearing up to ensure that everything goes smoothly or if it doesn’t, be prepared to handle any emergency.

Heavy equipment needed to demolish a section of a 50-year-old Mulholland bridge as part of a $1 billion freeway-widening project, was already in place Friday afternoon, hours before the 405′s scheduled midnight closure.

Sections of the bridge’s pilings that are being torn out had been marked and prepped in advance.

The city fire department put two dozen additional engines, fire companies and ambulances into service, placing them in neighborhoods that firefighters might have a hard time getting to from jammed roadways.

Los Angeles drivers are told to stay off the roads this weekend but for those who do have to drive, Dr. Waguih William IsHak, a psychiatrist for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center offers this advice on how to keep calm and stay safe.

“Avoid road rage at all costs, apologize profusely to anyone you accidentally cut off in traffic, be sure to leave for your destination with a full tank of gas and a cell phone.”

“And, oh yeah,” he said, “don’t forget to go to the bathroom before you leave.”

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