The influx of people traveling along Southern California freeways for the Thanksgiving holiday has slowed traffic on Interstate 5 to a crawl, officials said.
This traffic is due solely to the holiday, said Alex Rubio of the Traffic Management Center in Glendale.
“We do not have any incidents, so [the traffic] is not due to any incident, Rubio said Saturday afternoon.
As a major north-south route, traffic along Interstate 5 tends to be heavier than on other freeways during the holidays, he added.
Traffic is reported as heavy along the southbound 5 freeway from the Castaic Junction to the top of the Newhall pass. Southbound traffic thins after the Interstate 210 interchange.
Drivers can expect significant delays along the northbound 5 freeway from Roxford Street in Sylmar to Lyons Avenue in Newhall, as of about 12:30 p.m. Sunday. SigAlert.com, a service run by the California Department of Transportation, estimates that traffic between Roxford Street and the State Route 14 interchange is moving between 5 and 11 mph.
The heavy congestion on the northbound 5 freeway has caused delays on the westbound 210 freeway and the northbound 405 freeway, as well. Â
Traffic is heavy traveling north on the 405 from Rinaldi Street in Mission Hills and traveling west on the 210 from Roxford Street in Sylmar. Â
The Signal will provide traffic updates throughout the day.Â