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Highway 1-Salinas Road Exit Closes Thursday

Use Highway 129 as an alternate route for the next week.

Avoid Salinas Road and Highway 1 beginning Thursday, Watsonville police advised.

Starting May 10, there will be one week of construction at the Santa Cruz-Monterey county line. The Salinas Road exit will be closed.

Use State Route 129 as alternate, police recommended.

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The area is undergoing build an overpass and on- and off-ramps to improve highway safety. The construction is on pace to conclude in early 2013, according to police Lt. Terry Traub.


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