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
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


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