Overview
- Caltrans closed 19th Avenue in both directions between Sloat Boulevard and Holloway Avenue for a 75-hour work window that runs from May 22 through May 25 and keeps one lane open in each direction for transit and emergency access.
- Crews are using daytime hours to work on northbound lanes and nightly windows to work on southbound lanes while two of three lanes are closed at times, and officials urged drivers to use Junipero Serra or Sloat/Sunset as detours.
- The weekend shutdown is the third and final phase of a plan that compresses about 40 days of weekday work into roughly 10 days by staging intensive weekend closures.
- Residents and business owners report noticeable smoother pavement on newly finished sections but also say the 75‑hour shutdown has caused gridlock, delayed San Francisco State graduates and reduced customer access for nearby stores.
- Caltrans has asked pedestrians to stay on sidewalks near heavy equipment, expects crews to finish work by 10 a.m. Monday and says no additional full closures are planned once this phase is complete.