Busy Section of Interstate 8 Shutting Down for Wrong-Way Driver Sensor Testing

San Diegans expecting to commute across westbound Interstate 8 at Mission Bay Drive Tuesday from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. will have to take a detour.

Caltrans crews are closing all lanes of westbound I-8 at Mission Bay Tuesday night for wrong-way driver vehicle sensor testing at the Sunset Cliffs Boulevard off-ramp.

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All lanes of WB I-8 at West Mission Bay Drive will close tonight from 9pm to 5am to test Wrong-way Driver sensors at Nimitz Blvd/Sunset Cliffs Blvd.
All motorists will be detoured to the West Mission Bay off-ramp. pic.twitter.com/BeBOvUHGF0
— Caltrans San Diego (@SDCaltrans) December 6, 2022

Traffic officials will be detouring all westbound traffic to the Mission Bay Drive off-ramp, Caltrans said.

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Some of San Diego's freeway off-ramps already have wrong-way driver vehicle detection systems installed in them. When the system detects a wrong-way driver, it sends a message to the Caltrans Transportation Management Center, according to Caltrans.

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