Closure of 2 lanes in each direction on I-5 in Santa Fe Springs

Two lanes of Interstate 5 will be closed in both directions Thursday and Friday evening in the Santa Fe Springs area, between Valley View Avenue and Norwalk Boulevard/San Antonio Drive, for change and install hanging panelsannounced the California Department of Transportation.

The Friday evening closings in particular will overlap with peak times.

Closures will move from location to location as work progresses but are expected to begin around 8 p.m. Thursday on I-5 northbound to Carmenita Road. Work will continue until 5 a.m. at various locations.

On Friday, roadwork and lane closures are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on southbound I-5 at Valley View Avenue.

Caltrans suggests detouring to State Route 91, which runs east-west, and Interstate 605, which runs north-south.

According to Caltrans public information officer Marc Bischoff, the work is part of the $640 million Interstate 5 Valley View interchange project, which began in November 2016.

The goal is to add one HOV lane and one mixed-flow traffic lane in each direction along a 1½-mile stretch of Highway 5 at Valley View Avenue from the Artesia Boulevard Underwater Crossing to the north fork of Coyote Creek at La Mirada.

Separately, an 11-mile stretch of I-5 will see overnight lane closures, starting at 11 p.m., through Feb. 11. for pavement repairprimarily between Hollywood Way and Roscoe Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley.

Times writer Andrew Campa contributed to this story.