Work to reconfigure a significant street juncture for the Port of Los Angeles is scheduled to start soon.
The Port of Los Angeles and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced March 13 that work is expected to begin on a $130 million project to restructure State Route 47/Vincent Thomas Bridge and Front Street/Harbor Boulevard interchange, which allows truckers and motorists to reach the local San Pedro, Wilmington and Terminal Island areas. It serves the West Basin Container Terminal.
“We have all experienced a significant increase in trucks interfacing with passenger vehicles at the Harbor Blvd./SR47 Interchange, which is both difficult and dangerous as we work to move cargo and as residents go about their daily commute,” Los Angeles City Councilmember Tim McOsker said. “I’m glad that we are breaking ground on this massive project.”
The project calls for replacing the southbound SR-47 off-ramp from the Vincent Thomas Bridge on the south side with a new off-ramp on the north side, as well as realigning the on-ramp to northbound Interstate 110 connector and changing the northbound SR-47 off-ramp onto Harbor Boulevard and the northbound SR-47 onramp onto the bridge heading to Terminal Island, according to the port.
The project is being paid for by the port and with grants, including $49.3 million in Los Angeles County Metro Measure R funds, $9.9 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation Port Infrastructure Development Program and $13.4 million from California’s Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP).
Work by construction and development company Skanska is set to start this month and scheduled to be done by 2026, according to the port.
