Construction is near Lake Spaulding, about 25 miles west of Truckee. Caltrans said the work will impact traffic in both directions; crews are slated to begin reducing traffic to a single lane on Sunday at 7 p.m. The agency expects to begin directing motorists headed east onto the new bridge span beginning Tuesday. Work on the westbound bridge is slated for the spring.
A motorcyclist has died after a crash Saturday afternoon on the portion of Interstate 80 through Berkeley. The motorcyclist, who has not yet been identified, was involved in a crash with two other vehicles in the highway's eastbound lanes shortly near University Avenue after 3 p.m., according to a California Highway Patrol spokesperson. Medics pronounced the rider dead at the scene, police said.