Metro will begin a weekend-long closure of Wilshire Boulevard Friday evening to accommodate final paving for the D (Purple) Line Subway Extension Project.

Beginning at 9 p.m. Friday and continuing through 6 a.m. Monday, Wilshire Boulevard will be fully closed between Western Avenue and St. Andrews Place. The closure will allow crews to conduct final paving work west of the Wilshire/Western intersection.

A detour route will be in place.

Drivers will be able to travel eastbound on Wilshire, then southbound on Crenshaw Boulevard, back east on Olympic Boulevard and northbound on Western and return eastbound on Wilshire.

Drivers heading westbound on Wilshire will head south on Western, west on Olympic, and turn north on Crenshaw, returning to westbound Wilshire.

Metro bus stops may be relo

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