A 10-mile section of I-405 in Los Angeles was reopened shortly before noon Sunday, several hours ahead of schedule.

The freeway, the nation’s busiest, was closed between U.S. 101 and I-10 Friday night and was scheduled to remain closed until early Monday morning as workers demolished half of an overpass.

The general manager for one Los Angeles area carrier will know first-hand how the 10-mile shutdown of Interstate 405 will affect truckers this weekend.

On July 16, Liberty Linehaul West’s Greg Dubuque will leave five hours earlier than the company’s drivers normally would to deliver the northbound freight. Dubuque will join other motorists diverted from the freeway located on the city’s westside. “I wanted to give the drivers a break,” Dubuque explained.

The major north-south Interstate’s 53-hour closure definitely puts the hurt to the specialized transportation carrier for domestic and Canadian service. Ontario, Calif.-based Liberty Linehaul is the parent corporation of Dubuque’s company.