The Facts

Northbound 19th Avenue will be down to one open lane this weekend as Caltrans repaves the busy route. Officials recommend detouring to Sunset or avoiding the trip entirely.

This first closure is on northbound lanes between Sloat Boulevard and Lincoln Way from 7 a.m. Friday, April 24, to 5 a.m. Monday, April 27. Southbound lanes will be closed Friday, May 8 from 7 a.m. until Monday, May 10 at 5 a.m., and both directions will be closed from Sloat Boulevard to Halloway Avenue Friday, May 22 from 7 p.m. until Monday, May 25 at 10 p.m.

The Context

Despite the big disruption, this is the fast version! The city said it pressed Caltrans to speed up the work, shortening the disruption from about 40 days to just 9. A time-lapse video posted to Reddit from the first day of closure shows how quickly crews are moving.

The GrowSF Take

The repaving was desperately needed, and the faster schedule is better than dragging this out for months. But regular maintenance is better than emergency-style disruption, and road agencies should not let major corridors wear down so badly before fixing them.