Afternoon Highway 4 SIGALERT Impacts Commute Home

A mid-morning crash on Highway 4 and Willow Pass is now impacting eastbound Highway 4 traffic home as CHP issued a SIGALERT just before 3:00 pm.

The original crash occurred at 10:15 am in Concord just before Willow Pass Road where a semi-truck was involved in a crash which left it leaning up against a vehicle and a guard rail.

The CHP SIGALERT was issued at 2:47 as the two right lanes were blocked. By 4:34 pm, only the number 4 lane was blocked.

CHP said a lane closure for the far right lane (no. 4) would be closed until around midnight.

According to several of our readers, traffic is being impacted through the City of Concord, City of Pleasant Hill, City of Walnut Creek as commuters home are using back roads.

Here is some of the travel times they have informed us about:

• Lisa Marie: It was terrible taking all the backroads thru concord and walnut creek! Over an hour to go 23 miles in town
• Stacy: Mine was almost 80 minutes from Drive In to right before Willow Pass when you finally get passed it. That was from 1 to 230, I can’t imagine during commute time
• Vanessa: 3:33pm been stuck on willow pass for an hour
• Jason: 1 hour from Solano to willow pass
• Angie: Bailey Rd is insane. Will take an hour to get home from Concord High to Pittsburg
• Margaret: I left concord at 2:15 from Port Chicago and it took me an hour 15 minutes to get to Antioch
• Maria: I was lucky. I found backstreets from Martinez through Concord past the area. I saw it headed West and thought I’d be stuck for hours like others on my way back.
• Rogers: I sat in that for an hour and that was at noon. Started at Solano Exit all the way to Willow Pass.
• Bernice: I drove by in opposite direction at 11:45 and it was already a mess. Not looking forward to the drive back.
• Brenda: It sucked. I was stuck in it for about and hour twenty. All I saw was a set of doubles on its side with 3 tow trucks trying to right it.
• James: TERRIBLE. All routes through Concord are jammed up. 242, Port Chicago and Willow Pass are all a nightmare.
• Lindsay: I left for my appointment in Brentwood from Concord Ave at 2 to be there by 3, I couldn’t wind myself outta concord until 3. It’s terrible, and cops everywhere on the back streets

CHP LOG:

Detail Information
4:39 PM	31	[59] [Notification] [CHP]-EMERGENCY LANE CLOSURE T4GA LOG 1 FOR LANE 4 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2359 HRS – THANK YOU [Shared]
4:34 PM	30	[58] ^***UPDATE SIGALERT*** ONLY THE FAR RIGHT #4 LANE IS BLOCKED [Shared]
4:31 PM	29	[57] 1039 DOT-CC LANES #1-2-3 OPEN. #4 LANE CLOSED FOR GUARDRAIL REPAIR
4:24 PM	28	[56] B19-403B AT TOP OF WP CNCD ONR [Shared]
4:07 PM	27	[55] B19-403B WILLOW PASS CONCORD OFR CLOSED MOVING TRLR / CONTRACTOR WITH CAL TRAN HAS # 4 LANE CLOSED UNK ETO [Shared]
3:59 PM	26	[54] A19-683A NOTIFY 403B THE 1185 1097 AT BOTTOM OF THE RAMP, CAN SHUT DWN LNS [Shared]
3:00 PM	25	[52] A19-683A ETA 20 MIN UNTIL THEY CAN PULL TRLR/ WILL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN ALL LNS AT THAT TIME [Shared]
2:34 PM	24	[45] A19-683A 1185 NOW HAS VEH [Shared]
2:10 PM	23	[43] WILL ADV’S 1185 STILL TRYING TO GET VEH [Shared]
2:08 PM	22	[42] [Notification] [CHP]-IS THIS VEH READY FOR LOCATE? [Shared]
1:49 PM	21	[41] A19-683A REQ FSP// BLU CHEV CORVETTE OVER HEATING INSIDE CLOSURE [Shared]
12:55 PM	20	[40] PLS ADV WHEN 1185 IS 1097 [Shared]
12:49 PM	19	[38] A19-683A CLOSURE STILL BLKG 2-3 LANES / GOING 1019 THEN WILL BE BACK ENRT [Shared]
12:14 PM	18	[36] A19-683A ARROWHEAD TOW WILL TAKE ABOUT 2 1/2 HRS TO CLR VEHS [Shared]
12:05 PM	17	[35] 1039 DOTCC
12:05 PM	16	[34] A19-683A #3 BLKD [Shared]
11:45 AM	15	[31] A19-683A ARROWHEAD WILL NEED # 3 LN BLKD WHEN 2ND TOW GOES 1097 / STARTING ANOTHER TOW TO PULL TRLR OUT [Shared]
11:31 AM	14	[30] ARROWHEAD 1097 [Shared]
11:23 AM	13	[29] 1039 ARROWHEAD TOW / ENRT FOR RECOVERY AS WELL [Shared]
11:22 AM	12	[27] F# TAYLOR 17271 – NO PLTS / VEH W/NEG S/B FOR VIN 4S6DM58W5Y4416595 [Shared]
11:21 AM	11	[26] ^*** EB SR-4 JWO WILLOW PASS RD. LANE 4 BLOCKED DUE TO COLLISION, UNK ETO, EXPECT DELAYS. [Shared]
11:20 AM	10	[25] VEH IS 1124 [Shared]
11:20 AM	9	[24] REQ ARROWHEAD OR HOND PASS AS WELL / VEH IS PINCHED ON THE SCENE [Shared]
10:45 AM	8	[19] 1039 DOTCC
10:32 AM	7	[16] A19-682M START BIG RIG TOW TRACTOR AND VN TRLR TRLR 43000 LBS [Shared]
10:29 AM	6	[14] 1039 DOTCC
10:25 AM	5	[12] A19-683A #4 BLKD [Shared]
10:17 AM	4	[7] 1039 1141 [Shared]
10:16 AM	3	[3] SEMI IS LEANING
10:16 AM	2	[2] AGAINST GUARD RAIL ON RHS
10:15 AM	1	[1] SEMI VS MAR VEH

 

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