November 21, 2018 - TUOLUMNE/MARIPOSA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is preparing a project that will create more than 35 miles of center and shoulder rumble strips cal trans logo transon State Route 49 (SR-49) in Tuolumne and Mariposa counties.

Work is scheduled to begin Monday, November 26, 2018, and the project is scheduled for completion in March 2019. Work will be performed at the following locations:

• From the Mariposa/Madera County line to SR-140 in Mariposa County;

• From West Whitlock Road to Princeton Way in Mariposa County;

• From the SR-49/SR-120 junction at Moccasin to Harvard Mine Road, one mile south of Jamestown in Tuolumne County;

• From Jack Page Road, just south of Sonora, to the Tuolumne/Calaveras County line.

Work in Mariposa County is scheduled to be performed Mondays through Fridays, from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Crews are scheduled to alternate between day and night shifts in Tuolumne County: Day work will be Mondays through Fridays, from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., while night work will be Sunday through Thursday, from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.

Rumble strips are used to increase the safety of the roadway and reduce the likelihood of offroad collisions, head-on collisions and other incidents. Rumble strips alert motorists that they are accidentally leaving their lane or the roadway.

This $854,000 project will be performed by Dreambuilder Construction Corporation of Placentia.

For the safety of workers and other motorists, please Slow For the Cone Zone.
Source: Caltrans