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Crews to begin work on new lane on 91 Freeway
A freeway construction truck travels on part of the 10-mile stretch of the world's first fully-automated toll road built along state Highway 91 before its official opening Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1995, in Anaheim, Calif. Traffic on Highway 91, on the left, slowed to a crawl for four miles because of the ribbon cutting ceremony in the freeway median ahead.
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People who commute between Orange County and the Inland Empire may have some relief in sight. Crews are set to begin work Tuesday on a new lane along the 91 Freeway.
It's the main artery between Riverside and Orange County. The Orange County Transportation Authority and CalTrans got federal stimulus money to add one lane on the eastbound 91 Freeway. It'll stretch about six miles, from the 241 Toll Road in eastern Orange County to the 71 Chino Valley Freeway in western Riverside County.
The nearly $60 million lane addition is the largest infrastructure project funded by federal stimulus money in Orange County. Nearly $48-million will come from the federal government.
Traffic planners expect the new lane to open in a couple of years.
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