Carmageddon 405 Freeway Closure

Dubbed “Carmageddon II” a 10-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway is scheduled for full closure Sept. 29-30 while construction crews work to demolish a portion of the Mulholland Bridge, report officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The work is the second phase of demolition and reconstruction of the bridge. The northern portion of the bridge will be demolished to facilitate the widening of the freeway as part of the $1 billion Sepulveda Pass Improvements Project. During Carmageddon I, drivers proved the skeptics wrong, drivers heeded warnings and stayed off the roads, creating a traffic breather not seen since the free-flowing freeways of the 1984 Olympics. Metro officials are concerned Angelenos will be more bold this year, expecting to cruise vacant streets all weekend.