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Date Article
December
December 20, 2011 Meet The Woman In Charge Of Not Blowing Up The 405 Freeway
December 6, 2011 Southbound 405 To Close For Freeway Widening Project
November
November 29, 2011 I-405 To Close Between Getty Center Dr., Ventura Blvd. For Construction
November 17, 2011 Despite 2012 Spending Bill, High-Speed Rail Will Find Some Funding
November 16, 2011 Global Expansion Of High-Speed Rail Surging
November 11, 2011 Gov. Jerry Brown Makes Strongest Statement Yet In Support Of High Speed Rail
October
October 25, 2011 405 Freeway Closures Begin
October 21, 2011 MTA Postpones Planned Closures Of Wilshire Ramps
September
September 30, 2011 Sunset Bridge Reconstruction; Road, Ramp Closures Beginning Sept. 30
September 23, 2011 Will Seattle's "Carmageddon" Be As Anti-Climactic As LA's?
September 12, 2011 Construction Impacts At I-405/Sunset Interchange During Move-In Weekend
August
August 29, 2011 High Above The Freeway, A Slow Road Ahead
August 9, 2011 A Really Long Good Bye to Wilshire Ramps
August 9, 2011 Meet the Rampture: 3-Month Clsoure for Wilshire I-405 Ramps
July
July 26, 2011 Staying Home, Bikes & Carmageddon
July 25, 2011 Lessons from Carmageddon: A Car-Free L.A.
July 22, 2011 Opinion: Carmageddon's Big Surprise
July 22, 2011 Big Blue Bus Ridership Steady During So-Called "Carmageddon"
July 21, 2011 One More For The Road: The 405 In 4:05, A Carmageddon Timelapse
July 18, 2011 The Carmageddon Effect
July 18, 2011 Route Of The 405 Well-Traveled For Centuries
July 18, 2011 Carmageddon: Motorists Ditch Cars, Hop Aboard Trains
July 18, 2011 "Mission Accomplished," Says Villaraigosa As 405 Freeway Reopens Early
July 15, 2011 A Look Back At The Non-Traffic Of The 1984 Olympics
July 15, 2011 Take The Long Way: Officials Say Freeways Better During 405 Closure
July 15, 2011 Before The "Carmageddon": A Photographic Look At The Construction Of 5 SoCal Freeways
July 15, 2011 Long-Term Gain With 405 Closure
July 15, 2011 Running 405 Project Takes A Steady Hand On The Wheel: The Engineering Chief
July 14, 2011 40.5 Things To Do In L.A. Without Your Car
July 13, 2011 Officials Ready Command Center For Carmageddon
July 12, 2011 Roads To Avoid When "Carmageddon" Closes 405 Freeway
July 11, 2011 Carmageddon, Out East, And America Fast Forward
July 11, 2011 Carmageddon, Out East, And America Fast Forward
July 8, 2011 Metro Announces Free Valley Bus Rides During 405 Closure
July 6, 2011 Get On The Bus! Metro Offers A Few Free Rides During Carmageddon
July 6, 2011 L.A. Metro Makes 26 Additional Bus Lines Free For I-405 Closure July 16-17
July 5, 2011 Massive 405 Freeway Project Respects The Boundaries Of A Jewish Tradition
July 5, 2011 Plan Your Panic: Maps Of Carmageddon Construction, Detours
June
June 10, 2011 Despite overheated rhetoric, some are cool about 405 closure
June 8, 2011 Commuter Tool Kit: The 405 Project
June 2, 2011 405 shutdown will be "heard around the world"
May
May 31, 2011 MTA: Think about detours during 405 closure July 16-17
May 29, 2011 Officials hope to avert traffic nightmare during 405 Freeway closure
May 27, 2011 Public safety officials issue ominous warning about July weekend closure of 405 freeway
May 26, 2011 405 update: What's going to happen at Wilshire
May 21, 2011 Antonio Villaraigosa: What we've done to turn around Los Angeles
2010
December 8, 2010 Wilshire 405 flyover ramps coming
October 14, 2010 Demolition of Skirball Center Drive overpass to finish two days early
July 23, 2010 Closures to begin on 405 Freeway, Sunset Boulevard for bridge project
July 22, 2010 Sunset Bridge, the early years
May 21, 2010 405 Reasons for Optimism
May 5, 2010 Sunset Bridge Reconstruction in the News
May 5, 2010 Steps to Tear Down Sunset Boulevard Bridge over 405 Freeway Begin Friday
May 3, 2010 Traffic Alert: Sunset Blvd. Bridge over 405 Fwy to be Demolished & Rebuilt
April 7, 2010 I-405 Sepulveda Pass Project Open House on Thursday
2009
December 29, 2009 Major work on 405 widening project to start Jan. 12
December 28, 2009 Work on 405 carpool lane begins January 12
December 28, 2009 405 Freeway: Major Nighttime Closures Scheduled in January for Widening
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Did You Know?

Community Relations Team:
Kasey Shuda -Wilshire Segment (National Bl to Waterford St)
Tel: 310.846.3563
Olga N. Arroyo - Sunset Segment (Waterford St to Sepulveda Bl)
Tel: 310.846.2357
Ron Macias - Mulholland Segment (Sepulveda Bl to Ventura Bl)
Tel: 310.846.3564
Ned Racine - New Media
Tel: 310.846.3569
Yvette ZR Rapose - Director of Construction Relations
Tel: 213.922.2297

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6060 Center Dr, 2nd Fl
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Sunset Bridge Demolition & Reconstruction
Status: Ongoing
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Skirball Center Dr Bridge Demolition & Reconstruction
Status: Completion of the north side of Skirball Bridge is expected in 2011.

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Mulholland Dr Bridge Demolition & Reconstruction
Status: Completion of the south side of Mulholland Bridge is anticipated for summer 2012.
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Wilshire Bl Ramps Reconstruction
Status: Construction of the Wilshire on- and off-ramps is anticipated to begin in the First Quarter 2012.