A new gate installed along Interstate 5 in Castaic allows drivers to turn around and travel back in the other direction when road conditions are dicey. Crews rolled open the gate north of Lake Hughes Road just after the freeway was shut down about 4:30 a.m., said Eric Menjivar, a spokesman for the California Department of Transportation. AdvertisementThe 52-foot-long steel gate weighs 5 tons, and crews can open it by hand in less than two minutes. It’s the first gate of its kind Caltrans has installed in Los Angeles County. “We want to get people to their destination, and we think this ‘snow gate’ will help people get to where they need to get to.”Big rig w/ set of double trailers turns around from NB to SB lanes on NB I-5 in Castaic at our new "Snow Gate"!

Source: Los Angeles Times November 28, 2019 23:48 UTC