‘Ramp Jam’ is LA’s latest freeway fright fest

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some are calling it the “Rampture,” others “Ramp Jam.” But there’s no disagreement that Los Angeles’ next big freeway shutdown will be a long and serious headache.

Saturday drivers in west Los Angeles will be the first to feel the effects of the project, in which eight ramps connecting Wilshire Boulevard and Interstate 405 — one of the nation’s busiest streets and one of its busiest freeways — will be demolished and rebuilt.

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