SAN DIEGO—After weeks of emergency work on State Route 78, Caltrans officials May 8 announced all lanes on the North County highway would be open for the evening commute.
Caltrans crews discovered a depression in the surfacing of the highway, and all westbound lanes were closed on March 15.
At least nine crews from local small business contractors worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week with some “putting their personal lives on hold to get the work done quickly,” according to a statement from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
All but one of the lanes in the westbound direction was opened on April 5 when work switched to the eastbound lanes. Digging continued, sometimes at depths of 60 feet, to uncover and replace nine damaged culverts….