UPDATE: Highway 50 is back open after Caltrans crews blew up, then cleaned up, a huge boulder that fell onto the roadway Thursday night.
Travel through the Sierra Nevada overnight Friday was disrupted by a massive boulder that fell onto U.S. Highway 50 at Echo Summit.
Caltrans said crews worked through the night using large drilling tools to prepare to blow up the rock.Highway 50 was closed around 6 p.m. Thursday due to the rock slide. Crews were scheduled to perform blasting operations Friday morning and repair a guard rail damaged by the rocks.Motorists should allow at least one-hour extra travel time to reach South Lake Tahoe.
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