and today's sentencing. You can see all of our reporting on NBCBayArea.com. Okay. Get ready drivers, beware. A section of six 80in the East Bay is going to be closed. And it is going to be a huge mess. It's happening between San Ramon and Pleasanton, and it will likely mean some major weekend traffic. NBC Bay Area's Velena Jones is live in the 680 corridor for us, and we've had this just a couple of weeks ago, just in a different section of the East Bay. That's right. You know, Jessica, we already know that 680 is a busy freeway. Add construction onto that and there is bound to be traffic. That construction starts at 9 p.m. tonight. And Caltrans says the weekend inconvenience will be worth it in the long term. So this partial closure will stretch a little over two miles on 680 between Al Costa Boulevard in San Ramon to the Interstate five 8680 Connector in Pleasanton, three southbound lanes will be closed so crews can repave the freeway. The left lane express lane on the northbound side will also be closed along the same stretch. Now we've all seen the traffic delays that construction can bring with long lines of brake lights and warning signs. While this is only a partial closure, Caltrans suggests drivers use detours to get around the work. This is an area that, even if there aren't any closures at all, it gets pretty congested, especially on the weekend. So So we are doing our best to accommodate folks by having those two lanes open. But if at all possible, we do ask the motoring public to avoid the area. If you can. If you're coming from Vacaville, you can take westbound 80 to southbound 880 to avoid the closure from the Concord area, you'll want to take westbound State Route four to westbound 80. Now, Caltrans says this weekend's closure allows crews to get a lot of work done in a short amount of time. It's equivalent to 40 overnight closures. The freeway is set to reopen at 5 a.m. Monday morning, ahead of the busy morning Monday commute
