# If you were planning to take a trip on I-10 **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-planning-to-take-a-trip-on-i-10/186076 "2022-08-28T12:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-planning-to-take-a-trip-on-i-10/186076/1 "2022-08-28T12:48:43Z")
… be prepared to take an alternate route. > **[California freeway split in half by monsoon floods](https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-62705240)** > > Aerial footage shows the destroyed section of Interstate 10 near the Arizona-California border. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-planning-to-take-a-trip-on-i-10/186076/2 "2022-08-28T12:56:13Z")
The BBC news release says that the road is open again. Nature is awesome though. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-planning-to-take-a-trip-on-i-10/186076/3 "2022-08-28T13:03:30Z")
I took hwy 26 from hatch to deming a few times. Interesting route. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-planning-to-take-a-trip-on-i-10/186076/4 "2022-08-28T14:37:31Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > the road is open again That represents some incredibly-fast road-rebuilding! ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-planning-to-take-a-trip-on-i-10/186076/5 "2022-08-28T19:39:03Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > I took hwy 26 from hatch to deming a few times. Interesting route. Google drove it, very flat, good place to play soccer, beautiful blue sky, didn’t see any ufos. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-planning-to-take-a-trip-on-i-10/186076/6 "2022-08-28T23:13:19Z")
Check the last sentence of the link you provided. Roads can be repaired quickly if the owners want to. Maybe 20 dump trucks of dirt, a few of gravel, and then paving. I-10 is important enough for moving cargo to and from LA that repairs would be a top priority. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-planning-to-take-a-trip-on-i-10/186076/7 "2022-08-29T02:51:29Z")
The damaged road was a bypass road built over culverts between the two bridges. The bypass road was in use during repair of the bridges. In the video, traffic can be seen travelling on the bridge that was under repair. The image below appears to be the location under construction that washed out. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/e/de011b662c11486953a8157aead000be6906e536.jpeg)