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Clinton Avenue overpass at Highway 99 will be closed for six months

Fresno Bee Staff
A view looking north from Clinton Avenue shows the progress of Caltrans’ Highway 99 relocation work in February 2017. The highway is being shifted westward by about 100 feet between Ashlan and Clinton avenues in central Fresno to make room for new high-speed train tracks. The Ashlan and Clinton overpasses will also be torn down and rebuilt as part of the project.
A view looking north from Clinton Avenue shows the progress of Caltrans’ Highway 99 relocation work in February 2017. The highway is being shifted westward by about 100 feet between Ashlan and Clinton avenues in central Fresno to make room for new high-speed train tracks. The Ashlan and Clinton overpasses will also be torn down and rebuilt as part of the project. CALIFORNIA HIGH-SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY Special to The Bee

The state Department of Transportation will hold an open house Tuesday to provide information to the public on the upcoming six-month closure of the Clinton Avenue overpass over Highway 99 in Fresno.

Caltrans reports that the overpass is being closed to accommodate work on a project to realign Highway 99 between Ashlan and Clinton avenues to make room for new high-speed rail tracks between the freeway and the nearby Union Pacific Railroad freight tracks. The two-mile stretch of the highway is being shifted westward by about 100 feet. The closure is expected to begin in the first week of April, depending on weather.

The open house is from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Verdi Club, 2532 N. Marks Ave. in Fresno. It will be a drop-in event to visit with Caltrans engineers and construction staff, who will have displays, maps and other information to explain the project to local residents and businesses.

This story was originally published March 17, 2017 at 4:41 PM with the headline "Clinton Avenue overpass at Highway 99 will be closed for six months."

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