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The Broadway tunnel in San Francisco will be closed Sunday morning into Monday morning, followed by partial lane closures for the next 14 months.
The full closure is coming from Sunday at 7 a.m. to Monday at 5 a.m.
“This is to accommodate the renovation, the rebuilding of the Chinatown Public Health Center, this is one of the most used public health centers in San Francisco’s Public Health System and the health center sits right on top of the Broadway tunnel, so this is a major seismic undertaking that were doing with a lot of construction there,” Rachel Gordon, with the SF Public Works, said.
The 22-hour closure will then be followed by partial lane closures, lasting at least a year.
“Starting Monday, we’re going to have partial lane closures for the next 14 months for the Broadway tunnel, so the Broadway tunnel has two bores, one going east bound, one going west bound, we will only have one bore open at a time for the next 14 months,” Gordon said.
Drivers say they will be looking for alternate routes.
“I just heard a little bit about how it was going to affect my commute and that, because of that, my drive was going to become, it would take longer, because everybody would be taking different routes”, Marina said.
San Francisco Public Works say the eastbound bore going into the Chinatown area will be closed first.
They will be running two-way traffic and then the westbound bore is going to be closed for the next seven months after that, and there will be two-way traffic with reduced lanes.
The lane closures come during a busy time for traffic with schools starting on Monday.
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