Crash temporarily blocks northbound US 101 in Palo Alto
PALO ALTO, Calif. - All northbound lanes of the U.S. Highway 101 were temporarily blocked in Palo Alto following a car crash on Monday afternoon.
The California Highway Patrol announced in a post on X just after 2:45 p.m. that all the lanes of the northbound side of the freeway just south of University Avenue were blocked "due to crash."
The CHP announced just after 3:25 p.m. that the two right lanes of the freeway were opened to let traffic through, and the agency reported just before 4:05 p.m. that the freeway had been cleared and all lanes were reopened.
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