The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 8, will once again start work to prepare State Route 18 (SR-18) in the “Arctic Circle” on Monday, October 1 to
Friday, October 26, 2018 to complete routine maintenance operations to prepare the route for winter months. The work will be split into daytime and nighttime work hours to alleviate some of the impacts with all daytime work.
SR-18 will be completely closed between Snow Valley Mountain Resort and Big Bear Dam, Monday
through Thursday from October 2 through October 26 as seen below:
Date Work Hours
October 1 through 4 – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
October 8 through 11 – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
October 14 through 19 – 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
October 21 through 26 – 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
The operations will include slope scaling, turnout clearance, drain cleaning, sign repair and replacement, guardrail repair and other related work.
Motorists are advised to use SR-38 as an alternate route to and from the Big Bear/Fawnskin area.
Know before you go! To stay on top of roadwork in the Inland Empire, go to www.caltrans8.info and sign up for commuter alerts. View traffic conditions at http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov.
