Yosemite Announces El Portal Road Reconstruction Schedule

By Bill Johnson Published Dec 11, 2007 09:00 am Updated Jan 31, 2009 01:50 pm

Yosemite National Park, CA — Yosemite National Park has released the El Portal Road reconstruction hours.

Sunday through Thursday construction will take place from 10pm until 6am with full night closure with one outbound opening at 11pm.

Monday through Friday from 6am until 10pm, there will be one lane controlled traffic with maximum 30 minute delays.

And on weekends from 4:30pm Friday through 10pm Sunday there will be one lane controlled traffic with maximum 30 minute delays.

Currently 1,400 feet of roadway is under construction. This portion of the roadway has been determined to be in imminent risk of failure.

Yosemite Valley will remain open throughout the road construction project. The Wawona Rd. (Hwy 41 outside the park) will remain open 24 hours a day.