HOBBS, N.M. — Law enforcement are responding to a crash that has closed state Highway 18. Follow: Interactive traffic map from Traffic Watch 7 ...

Highway 18 is closed from Kuffel Canyon to the Big Bear Dam. Only outbound traffic allowed from Running Springs. Highway 330 remains closed from Highland Avenue to Highway 18 in Running Springs.

Officials say the painful five-day blockage under I-90 will prevent a more piecemeal approach, with roadwork from dragging on for months.

A Caltrans avalanche crew plans to inspect a 7-mile stretch of Highway 18 in the San Bernardino Mountains on Wednesday, March 8, out of concern that the snowpack could give way above the roadway.