BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Highway 178 reopened Friday afternoon after days of work to clear rocks and boulders from the roadway.
Caltrans and CHP announced the road reopened just before 5 p.m. Friday.
Blast crews were sent to help remove the rocks and large boulders on Wednesday.
Highway 178 closed late Tuesday night after a rockslide left the highway unpassable. The rockslide happened during a storm that dropped even more rain and snow in Kern County and the surrounding mountain communities.
Another storm is set to arrive in Kern County on Saturday afternoon.
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