I-80 detours to Tahoe a thing of the past
By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal
After seven months, nightly traffic detours off Interstate 80 east of Colfax are over.
The $70 million Caltrans project to rehab 11 miles of the freeway between Colfax and Alta is essentially completed, allowing two-way traffic back on I-80 24 hours a day.
The final convoy of trucks, buses and RVs making the nighttime detour along Highway 20 and Highway 49 finished Wednesday morning, Caltrans spokeswoman Rochelle Jenkins said.