ORANGE – Pile driving resumed today along the San Diego Freeway (I-405) as part of the Orange County Transportation Authority’s (OCTA) West County Connectors project.
The work will take place at the Seal Beach Boulevard Bridge and the eastbound Garden Grove Freeway (SR-22) to northbound I-405 connector and will continue sporadically between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays during the next several months.
In addition, pile driving will resume on Jan. 21 to construct the new SR-22/I-405 carpool connectors.
Pile driving is a common method of constructing bridge foundations. To support the bridge, steel or concrete beams are driven into the ground by a large hammer mounted on a crane, until they reach a hard layer of earth beneath the foundation. Please be advised this activity may be loud and disruptive because of to vibration and pounding.
The $277 million West County Connectors project will improve traffic flow by directly connecting carpool lanes on I-405, I-605 and SR-22. In addition, a second carpool lane will be constructed on I-405 between SR-22 and I-605. The 6-mile project traverses the cities of Garden Grove, Westminster, Seal Beach, Los Alamitos, Long Beach and the community of Rossmoor.
For more information regarding the West County Connectors project, visit www.octa.net/wcc or email a representative at WCCProject@octa.net.
