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A major stretch of the northbound Capital City Freeway, also signed as Business 80, through Sacramento will shut down for 28 hours this weekend for bridge construction. Drivers should plan ahead for closures starting Friday night, May 29.
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Here are key takeaways:
- All three northbound lanes between N Street and Exposition Boulevard will close from 11 p.m. Friday, May 29, until about 3 a.m. Sunday, May 31, according to Caltrans.
- Crews will apply a polyester concrete overlay on the American River Bridge deck and let it cure during the shutdown.
- Northbound off-ramps at H Street and Exposition Boulevard close around 10 p.m. Friday. On-ramps from E, J and P streets close around 11 p.m. Friday.
- Additional overnight lane closures are scheduled May 27-28, May 28-29 and May 31-June 1 between Exposition Boulevard and the railroad tracks near Sutter’s Landing Regional Park.
- The work is part of a $239.5 million project to widen and rehabilitate the bridge over the American River, which Caltrans said previously said would wrap up in late 2026.
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