UPDATE: I-80 open in both directions
UPDATE 5 p.m.
UPDATE, Friday 9:30 a.m.:
I-80 remains closed. SR-89 south is now closed between Truckee and Alpine meadows due to multiple collisions in front of Squaw Valley.
I-80 is closed this morning due to heavy snow. There is no estimated time of reopening.
I-80 westbound is closed at State Line.
I-80 Eastbound is Closed at Applegate.
Locals and employees with good id can still get through.
Chain Control:
SR-89 is R2 Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Woodfords to Markleevillle.
R2 Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels, Pickett’s Junction to Bliss State Park.
R1 Bliss State Park to the Plumas County Line.
SR-267 is R2 Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels, Kings Beach to Northstar.
R1 Northstar to truckee.
SR-28 is R1 Chains are required – snow tread tires allowed, Tahoe City to the Nevada State Line.
US-50 is R2 Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels, 4 miles east of Placerville to Meyers.
SR-88 is Closed at Peddler Hill due to snow.
Is also closed from Silver Lake to Kirkwood.
UPDATE, 11 a.m.
I-80 chain controls have been dropped.
Drive safely
— CHP-Truckee (@CHP_Truckee) March 15, 2018
UPDATE, Thursday 7 a.m.
Via CHP Truckee Facebook page:
Chain Control Update: 6:45am
I-80 is R2: Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Truckee to Drum Forebay in both directions.
Trucks are Minimum.
SR-89 is R2: Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels at Pickett’s junction to US-50
R1 Squaw to Truckee.
R1 Truckee to the Sierra County Line.
SR-267 is R1: Chains are required – snow tread tires allowed from Truckee to Northstar.
R2 Northstar to Kings Beach.
SR-28 is R1: Chains are required – snow tread tires allowed from Tahoe City to State Line.
SR-20 is R2: Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Washington Rd to I-80.
US-50 is R2: Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Twin Bridges to Meyers.
SR-88 is R2: Chains are required on all vehicles except four wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels from Cooks station to Pickett’s.
Wednesday updates
Chains are required on all vehicles, except 4-wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels, from 1 mile east of Baxter in Placer County to the Donner Lake Interchange, the California Department of Transportation said at 1:23 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14.
EARLIER VERSION:
An overnight snowstorm has made for difficult driving conditions and led to chain requirements for travel on Interstate 80, the California Department of Transportation said on Wednesday morning, March 14.
Chains are required for eastbound traffic on all vehicles, except 4-wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels, from Cisco in Placer County to Truckee in Nevada County.
Chains are required for westbound traffic on all vehicles, except 4-wheel drive vehicles with snow tires on all four wheels, from Truckee to 2.5 miles east of the junction of State Route 20 in Nevada County.
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