The CHP is warning that heavy flooding is eroding pavements and weakening bridges on our local highways.
UPDATE Feb. 14, 2019 at 12:10 p.m. — CHP now informs that Hwy 243 is now washed out above Lake Fulmor.
Photo by CHP
CHP warns of erosions on hwys 74 and 243 – UPDATE: Hwy 243 now washed out above Lake Fulmor
By Jack Clark
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