The 10 Freeway is shut in both directions near the eastern side of Joshua Tree National Park after rain from the weekend’s unusual storms washed out a bridge in Desert Center on Sunday.
The bridge is about halfway between Palm Springs and the Arizona border, near where California 177 meets the 10.
On the eastbound side of the freeway, 30 feet of the roadway “is washed away and bridge is gone,” according to the California Highway Patrol. On the westbound side, the CHP said, the bridge cannot be used until officials make sure it is sound.
Traffic is being turned around at Chiriaco Summit on the eastbound side and at Corn Springs on the westbound side.