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Freeway being altered north of Hatch Road
• Auxiliary lane being added to northbound Highway 99
sound wall down
Work crews were busy separating rebar from broken concrete after the sound wall along northbound Highway 99 was demolished between Hatch Road and South Ninth Street this week. - photo by Jeff Benziger
The tall masonry sound wall that separated Highway 99 traffic and the Bystrum frontage road was reduced to rubble this week as Caltrans plans to rebuild it stronger in preparation for a transition or auxiliary lane being added to northbound Highway 99.