{"id":189937,"date":"2025-04-01T10:51:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=189937"},"modified":"2025-04-01T10:51:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:51:11","slug":"no-its-not-april-fools-joke-chain-controls-on-hwys-4-88-108","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=189937","title":{"rendered":"No it&#8217;s Not April Fools Joke&#8230;Chain Controls on Hwys 4, 88 &#038; 108"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold, CA&#8230;This highway information is the latest reported by Caltrans as of Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 at 10:45 AM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101355-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-189938\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101355-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101355-AM.jpg 318w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101355-AM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101355-AM-119x89.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101346-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-189939\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101346-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101346-AM.jpg 321w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101346-AM-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101346-AM-119x89.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101328-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-189940\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101328-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101328-AM.jpg 318w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101328-AM-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-101328-AM-119x89.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>SR 4<\/h3>\n<p><strong>[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA]<\/strong><br \/>\nIs closed from the Mt Reba Turnoff to the Jct of SR 89 \/Ebbetts Pass\/ (Alpine Co) &#8211; For the Winter &#8211; Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n<p>Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from Big Meadows (Calaveras Co) to the Mt Reba Turnoff (Alpine Co)<\/p>\n<p>Please research chain control locations as Caltrans is currently working to update chain control descriptions for consistency with internet mapping, like Google Maps &amp; Mapquest<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>SR 88<\/h3>\n<p><strong>[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA &amp; SIERRA NEVADA]<\/strong><br \/>\nChains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from 3.7 mi east of Pine Grove (Amador Co) to 1 mi west of Woodfords (Alpine Co)<\/p>\n<p>Please research chain control locations as caltrans is currently working to update chain control descriptions for consistency with internet mapping, like google maps &amp; mapquest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>SR 108<\/h3>\n<p><strong>[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA &amp; SIERRA NEVADA]<\/strong><br \/>\nIs closed from 7.2 mi east of Strawberry to 5.3 mi west of the Jct of US 395 \/Sonora Pass\/ (Tuolumne,Mono Co) &#8211; For the winter &#8211; Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n<p>Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from 1 mi west of Long Barn to 7.2 mi east of Strawberry (Tuolumne Co)<\/p>\n<p>Chains or snow tires are required from the Jct of US 395 to 3.8 mi west of the Jct of US 395 (Mono Co)<\/p>\n<p>Please research chain control locations as Caltrans is currently working to update chain control descriptions for consistency with internet mapping, like Google Maps &amp; Mapquest<\/p>\n<p>[YOSEMITE NAT&#8217;L PARK] For Yosemite Nat&#8217;l Park road information call 209-372-0200<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>SR 120<\/h3>\n<p><strong>[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA &amp; SIERRA NEVADA]<\/strong><br \/>\nIs closed from Crane Flat to 3.5 mi west of the North Jct of US 395 \/Tioga Pass\/ (Tuolumne, Mono Co) &#8211; For the winter &#8211; Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n<p>Is closed from 5.1 mi east of the South Jct of US 395 to 7.5 mi west of the Jct of US 6 (Mono Co) &#8211; For the winter &#8211; Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n<p><strong>[YOSEMITE NAT&#8217;L PARK]<\/strong><br \/>\nFor Yosenite Nat&#8217;l Park road information call 209-372-0200<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold, CA&#8230;This highway information is the latest reported by Caltrans as of Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 at 10:45 AM. SR 4 [IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA] Is closed from the Mt Reba Turnoff to the Jct of SR 89 \/Ebbetts Pass\/ (Alpine Co) &#8211; For the Winter &#8211; Motorists are advised to use an alternate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,9,22,20,1,13,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amador-county","category-arnold","category-bear-valley","category-featured","category-news","category-traffic-fire","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fullscreen-capture-412025-105003-AM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=189937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189941,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189937\/revisions\/189941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/189942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=189937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=189937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=189937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}