Power Lines Down I-5 Closed

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scannerboy02

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Incident: 0511 Type: Traffic Hazard Location: NB I5 JNO SR20 Zoom Map: 7576 5F <javascript:void(0)> info as of: 2/13/2008 12:18:42 PM
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12:15PM PER S1 PG AND E WILL BE IN AREA FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT DOING REPAIRS
12:15PM THEY HOPING TO HAVE THIS DONE BY APPROX 1300HRS
12:15PM AND MOVING THEM OO THE RDWY
12:15PM AND THEN WILL BE CUTTING THE LINES
12:15PM THEY WILL BE DE-ENERGIZING THE LINES
12:15PM PER 39-S1 PG AND E IS GETTING READY TO LEAVE SCENE
12:11PM TMC COPIES LINE 73, 1039 CT
12:08PM 39-S1 HAS BO EXTENDER //PGE HAS LANDED THEIR HELO WITH THEIR TROUBLE SHOOTING CREW, HAS LANDED IN THE C/D ** JUST BEAT INFO **
12:02PM TMC COPIES THANKS
12:01PM TRAFFIC STARTING TO EXIT AT DELEVAN CREATING PROBLEMS 52 97 WILL CHECK
11:57AM 39-R2 AND N860 HAVE THE TRAFFIC SITUATION SQUARED AWAY NOW
11:53AM WHICH DIRECTION ON HWY 20 ARE THE VEHICLES MAKING U TURNS?
11:51AM ^** UPDATE SIG ALERT ** ESTIMATED TIME OF OPENING IS 1:00 PM POSSIBLY LONGER
11:49AM RTD TO CT
11:49AM PER S1--PGE SAYS MIN 1 HR BEFORE THE LINES ACROSS THE 5 CAN BE DE-ENERGIZED//MIN OF 1 HR ACTIVE 1184
11:49AM TMC COPIES 1039 CT LINES 60 AND 61
11:44AM CT NOTE LINES 60 AND 61
11:43AM TRAFFIC DOING U TURNS ON HWY 20 BECAUSE DIRECTIONS ARE UNCLEAR
11:43AM WHEN CAL TRANS GETS FREEED UP NEED SIGNS OR SOMTHING TO KEEP TRAFFIC FLOWING IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION
11:43AM 39-R2 IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TRAFFIC AT HWY 20 AND SCHAAD 101-N860 IS ALMOST THERE
11:38AM TMC COPIES
11:34AM 1039 WILLIAMS PD
11:33AM CAL TRANS IS DIVERTING TRAFFIC EB ON MAXWELL STITES 2A WILL MAKE SURE TRAFFIC IS GOING WB
11:29AM CAL TRANS ON THE FRWY AND AT THE TOP OF THE OFF RAMP
11:23AM ATTN CT NOTE THE PLAN FOR SB 5 TRAFFIC
11:23AM PER 93-2A TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED OFF NOW ONTO MAX STITES RD
11:23AM HEWAB #1 SENT
11:21AM SB 99W TO FRESHWATER UNITS WILL BE SET UP FOR THE DIVERT TRAFFIC
11:17AM TO EB MAXWELL SITES TO NB I5
11:17AM NB TO WB SR20 TO NB SCHAAD TO EB FRESHWATER TO NB 99W
11:17AM TO SB SCHAADD TO EB SR20
11:17AM TO WB FRESHWATER
11:17AM SB I5 TO WB MAXWELL SITE TO SB 99W
11:17AM BUT APPRS THAT DIVERSIONS WILL BE
11:17AM PER 39-S1 / CHKNG RDWYS NOW
11:15AM 1023
11:15AM 39-S1 AND DISPATCH COMMING UP WITH A PLAN ON DIVERTING TRAFFIC
11:14AM CT LOOK AT LINE 35 ON
11:14AM ONTO RDWY
11:14AM CANNOT USE MAXWELL COLUSA / TRANSFORMER LEAKING FLUID
11:10AM NEED SIGN BORADS FOR NB 5 DIVERT HWY 20 TO HWY 45
11:10AM DUE TO LINES ACROSS 99W AT FRESHWATER
11:10AM SB TRAFFIC IS STOPPED AT FRESHWATER NO DIVERTS AT THIS TIME FOR SB TRAFFIC
11:10AM NB TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED OFF AT HWY 20 EB TO HWY 45
11:09AM AND THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD CREWS RESP OUT
11:09AM AWARE THAT LINES IN AREA ARE DOWN
11:09AM THEY ADVD THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE
11:09AM 1039 CAL NORTHERN RR AT 5303301303
10:57AM THE RR BECAUSE THE LINES MAY AFFECT THE TRAX NEAR THE FREEWAY
10:57AM PER RP ADVG THAT WE MAY WANT TO NOTIFY
10:57AM N860, 97;; SB 5 AT FRESHWATER
10:56AM 1039 CT REF LINE 22 AND 23
10:56AM TC, OCCRD BEHIND 39-51 S 1020
10:55AM 51, TAKING 1182 VEH VS TRLR
10:55AM TMC, ADV CAL T
10:55AM 51, REQ CAL T WITH SIGN BOARDS TO DIVERT TRAFFIC SB 5 AT MAXWELL ROAD TO COLUSA, NB WILL DIVERT AT SR20
10:55AM ^** SIG ALERT ** BOTH DIRECTIONS ON I-5 BETWEEN FRESHWATER AND SR 20 IS CLOSED (WILLIAMS AREA) DUE TO POWER LINES DOWN, UNK TIME OF OPENING
10:52AM 93-2A ENRT TO ASSIST
10:52AM NB TRAFFIC CAN DETOUR AT SR20, UNK SB AT THIS TIME
10:51AM REQ WILLIAMS PD / 51 CLOSING NB, PD SHUTTING 99W ALSO AT FRESHWATER, 52 SHUTTING SB W/CALT
10:49AM N860 FROM DELEVAN
10:48AM CLOSING ALL LANES BOTH NB & SB, BTW FRESHWATER & SR20
10:43AM 51, NB 5 JNO SR20
10:40AM CT IS ALMOST 1097
10:39AM 1039 ENTAC
10:39AM CORRECTION LINE 5 / 1039 WILLIAMS OFC
10:38AM 52 COPY LINE 7,8,9
10:38AM RP IS ON RHS AT THE EXIT
10:38AM POWERLINES CAME DOWN AND TORE THE TOP OF THEIR TRLR OFF
10:38AM ON THE SB SIDE RP IS IN A GMC TRK WITH 5 WHEEL TRLR
10:37AM 1039 CT
10:34AM 1039 39-S3 AT OFC
10:34AM ROUTED TO DOT
10:34AM 1039 PG AND E
10:31AM LINES DOWN 4 TO 6 WIRES ACROSS BOTH SB AND NB 5
10:31AM POWER LINES DOWN
RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
10:43AM CHP Unit On Scene
10:48AM CHP Unit On Scene
10:56AM CHP Unit On Scene
11:24AM CHP Unit On Scene
11:27AM CHP Unit On Scene
11:48AM CHP Unit On Scene
11:48AM CHP Unit On Scene
11:56AM CHP Unit On Scene
 

key2_altfire

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Ooh, thanks for posting that. Very interesting reading. I wonder what caused the lines to go down in the first place???
 

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key2_altfire said:
Ooh, thanks for posting that. Very interesting reading. I wonder what caused the lines to go down in the first place???

VERY high winds.

LAS VEGAS airport was closed overnight due to very high winds.

Wind warnings on all Bay Area Bridges.
 

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Passed through today on I-5 about 5 minutes before CHP started the traffic break for PG&E to restring the lines over the freeway. Pretty interesting seeing all the PG&E guys on either side of the freeway with big coils of wire waiting to run it across and haul it up. Looked like a 60Kv transmission line.
 
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