(From the LA Times today):

“On another front, two Caltrans crews were alternating 12-hour shifts to fix the 33 miles of Angeles Crest Highway that have been closed because of the fire, from 2.2 miles north of La Cañada Flintridge to just west of Wrightwood.

It will cost an estimated $12 million and take more than three months to fix the highway, which was heavily damaged by a wildfire that has scorched 160,500 acres, according to Kelly Markham, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Transportation, which maintains the road.

Four miles’ worth of guard rails must be replaced, since the wooden posts to which their metal beams were attached have burned and the beams are now lying on the ground. Hundreds of road signs burned, and many of the thermoplastic markings dotting the pavement have melted.”