{"id":199208,"date":"2026-02-18T09:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=199208"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:21:23","slug":"chain-control-update-hwy-4-closed-at-mill-creek-hwy-88-closed-at-dew-drop-hwy-120-yosemite-entrance-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=199208","title":{"rendered":"Chain Control Update….Hwy 4 Closed at Mill Creek, Hwy 88 Closed at Dew Drop, Hwy 120 Yosemite Entrance Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arnold, CA…This highway information is the latest reported by Caltrans as of Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 at 09:13 AM.<\/p>\n

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SR 4
\n[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA]
\nIs closed 1 mi east of Camp Connell (Calaveras Co) – Due to snow – Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n

Is closed from 0.6 mi east of Lake Alpine to the Jct of SR 89 \/Ebbetts Pass\/ (Alpine Co) – For the winter – Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from Arnold to the Mt Reba turnoff (Calaveras Co)<\/p>\n

Please research chain control locations as caltrans is currently working to update chain control descriptions for consistency with internet mapping, like google maps & mapquest.<\/p>\n

1-way controlled traffic at the Contra Costa\/San Joaquin Co Line \/at Old River Bridge\/ 24 hrs a day 7 days a week thru 1900 hrs on 7\/26\/26 – Due to construction<\/p>\n

SR 88
\n[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
\nIs closed from Dew Drop (Amador Co) to 5 mi west of Picketts Jct (Alpine Co) – Due to snow – Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from 9 mi east of Pine Grove (Amador Co) to 3.5 mi east of Silver Lake (Amador Co)<\/p>\n

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from 5 mi west of Picketts Jct (Alpine Co) to 3.5 mi east of Woodford (Alpine Co)<\/p>\n

Please research chain control locations as caltrans is currently working to update chain control descriptions for consistency with internet mapping, like google maps & mapquest.<\/p>\n

SR 108
\n[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
\nIs closed from 7.2 mi east of Strawberry (Tuolumne Co) to 5.8 mi west of the Jct of US 395 (Mono Co) \/Sonora Pass\/ – For winter – Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from to 6 mi east of Sonora to 7.2 mi east of Strawberry (Tuolumne Co)<\/p>\n

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

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from 7 mi east of Long Barn to 7.2 mi east of Strawberry (Tuolomne Co)<\/p>\n

Please research chain control locations as caltrans is currently working to update chain control descriptions for consistency with internet mapping, like google maps & mapquest.<\/p>\n

[YOSEMITE NAT’L PARK] For Yosemite Nat’l Park road information call 209-372-0200<\/p>\n

SR 120
\n[IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA & SIERRA NEVADA]
\nIs closed at the Yosemite National Park Boundary (Tuolumne) to 3.5 mi west of the North Jct of US 395 \/Tioga Pass\/ (Mono Co) – For the winter – Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n

Is closed from 5.2 mi east of the Jct of US 395 to 7.1 mi west of the Jct of US 6 (Mono Co) – For the winter – Motorists are advised to use an alternate route<\/p>\n

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from 2.5 mi west of Groveland to Yosemite Nat’l Park Boundary (Tuolumne Co)<\/p>\n

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from 3.8 mi west of the Jct of US 395 to the Jct of US 395(Mono Co)<\/p>\n

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from the Jct of US 395 to 5 mi east of the Jct of US 395 (Mono Co)<\/p>\n

Chains are required on all vehicles except 4-wheel-drive vehicles with snow tires on all 4 wheels from 3.8 mi west of the Jct of US 6 to the Jct of US 6 (Mono Co)<\/p>\n

Please research chain control locations as Caltrans is currently working to update chain control descriptions for consistency with internet mapping, like Google Maps & Mapquest<\/p>\n

There is a dense fog advisory in effect from the Jct of I 5 to the San Joaquin\/Stanislaus Co line – Motorists are advised to drive with caution<\/p>\n

[YOSEMITE NAT’L PARK]
\nFor Yosenite Nat’l Park road information call 209-372-0200<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arnold, CA…This highway information is the latest reported by Caltrans as of Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 at 09:13 AM.   SR 4 [IN THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AREA] Is closed 1 mi east of Camp Connell (Calaveras Co) – Due to snow – Motorists are advised to use an alternate route Is closed from 0.6 mi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199214,"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":[7,20,1,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communities","category-featured","category-news","category-traffic-fire","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-2182026-92016-AM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199208","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=199208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199213,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199208\/revisions\/199213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/199214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}