Freeway 99 shut with no estimated reopening. Caltrans urges motorists to stick to I-5

Motorists should stay clear of touring Sunday on Freeway 99 in Sacramento County right after hefty New Year’s rains triggered flooding on the roadway and the bordering spot.

The freeway is shut from Twin Cities Road to Mingo Street with no estimated time of reopening, Caltrans officers said.

“There’s not much we can do with until Cosumnes will come down on its personal,” Caltrans District 3 spokesman Steve Nelson stated. “It’s hunting like a very long-expression closure.”

Motorists were being instructed to “avoid traveling everywhere close to the bordering places of Wilton, Herald and outlying region of Galt,” California Highway Patrol claimed in a Sunday morning tweet.

Flooding on the Cosumnes River triggered a closure of Highway 99 around Dillard Highway all around midnight, prompting authorities to rescue as lots of as 4 dozen motorists from disabled autos a mile south of Elk Grove as a result of the morning hrs.

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The spot is also less than a flash flood warning that was prolonged adhering to two levee breaches in the Wilton location. On Saturday night, climate provider and county officials urged residents in the location of Wilton and Cosumnes streets to seek out higher ground after a levee was overtopped and breached around Cecetra Travel. On Sunday morning, Sacramento County officers confirmed a next levee break in close proximity to Freeman Highway and Dillard Highway.

The location is about 3 miles upstream from the flooding on Freeway 99.

Climate support forecasters reported the Cosumnes River at McConnell, exactly where the river crosses the highway, crested at 46.6 ft, underneath the history high drinking water mark of 48.5 toes set through the New Year’s storms of 1997. By 11 a.m., the river experienced fallen to 27.93 ft, in accordance to the climate service.