A long-planned project to extend trolley service to University City will prompt closures of Interstate 5 near the I-805 merge, Metropolitan Transit Service officials said.
The closures are as follows:
- Northbound I-5 will be closed from State Route 52 to La Jolla Village Drive on Monday starting at 9:30 p.m. Motorists will be detoured via State Route 52 until 5 a.m. Tuesday.
- Southbound I-5 will be closed from the I-805 merge to Gilman Drive for multiple days -- Tuesday, Thursday and next Tuesday, May 29. The closure will last from 9:30 p.m. and extend until 5 a.m. the following day. During the closures, southbound motorists will be detoured via I-805.
There will also be times when workers will need to close open sections of I-5 to accommodate heavy equipment operating in the center divider.
Crews are working on a support column for a future Trolley bridge that will cross I-5 at the center divider just south of Nobel Drive.
The Mid-Coast Trolley project will extend Blue Line Trolley service 11 miles north from the Old Town Transit Center to the University City community, including Mission Bay Park, the VA Medical Center, UC San Diego and Westfield University Town Center mall among other places.
Construction was originally scheduled to begin in late April and continue through early May but was postponed.
