Intermittent traffic impacts expected on Highway 43 for rail work
Highway 43 traffic slowed between Davis Avenue and Cole Slough during two early-morning-to-midafternoon rail work days, hitting farm, freight and commuter trips.
Crews were scheduled on Highway 43 between Davis Avenue and Cole Slough in Fresno County from 5:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday, July 22, and Tuesday, July 23, during rail work tied to California high-speed rail. The work zone sat on a north-south route used by farmworkers, truck traffic and local commuters moving between rural communities and the Fresno metro area.
The disruption was intermittent, not a full-day closure, but drivers still faced slower travel, lane shifts or brief stoppages as equipment moved near the highway. The work window started before sunrise and ran into midafternoon, overlapping school runs, work commutes, deliveries and agricultural travel patterns that use Highway 43 as a direct route through the county.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority tied the traffic impacts to construction of a rail structure. American Avenue was closed to through traffic between Cedar Avenue and Maple Avenue for approximately 12 months starting April 10, 2017.
California High-Speed Rail Construction Package 2-3 covers a 65-mile route in Fresno, Tulare and Kings counties. FlatironDragados USA lists the California High-Speed Rail project as a design-build job for the California High-Speed Rail Authority with completion set for 2027. The authority’s March 20, 2025 project update report placed the statewide rail program in an active construction phase.
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