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Summary Californians were making ultimate sacrifice to avoid Carmageddon leaving their cars in garages.
Unusually light traffic flowed freely Saturday through Americas second-largest city despite fears of epic traffic jams spawned by the 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile (16-kilometer) stretch of one of the car-dependent regions most critical freeways.Authorities closed the segment of Interstate 405 on the western side of the metropolis to allow partial demolition of a bridge, warning motorists to stay off the roads or plan alternate routes.Officials were optimistic that the public far and wide had gotten the message, though there was some concern that the lack of gridlock would make the public complacent and that drivers would get behind the wheel before the freeways scheduled reopening early Monday.
