[californiadisasters] Angeles Crest Highway to Reopen Friday

Heavy rain in January 2010 closed a section of the Angeles Crest Highway in the Station fire burn area. Now California 2 is set to reopen Friday.

By Susan Carpenter, Los Angeles Times

June 2, 2011

A section of California Highway 2 between La Cañada Flintridge and Angeles Forest Highway will reopen Friday, according to California Department of Transportation spokesman Patrick Chandler.

Angeles Crest Highway has been closed since Jan. 17, 2010, when heavy rain fell in the Station fire burn area and washed away three major sections of pavement through the Angeles National Forest.

Caltrans had planned to reopen the road in December 2010, Chandler said, but record rainfall that month and in January 2011 brought down so much debris and water that the runoff overwhelmed a culvert and washed out a slope, necessitating further repairs and delays.

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