Motorists Get Ready For ‘Carmageddon’

Bulldozers and other heavy equipment are in place along Southern California’s 405 Freeway — in what could become this weekend’s version of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

The machinery is there to tear down part of a 50-year-old bridge, a project that requires a 10-mile stretch of the usually traffic-choked freeway to be shut down for 53 hours starting at midnight.

The much feared “Carmageddon” could back up vehicles from the 405 to surface streets and other freeways, causing a domino effect that could paralyze much of Los Angeles.

Businesses, meanwhile, are hoping to take advantage of what could be a captive audience.

Free popcorn will be handed out at movie theaters along the 405 and Michael Jackson’s dermatologist is offering 25-percent-off Botox injections so frazzled customers won’t look so frazzled.

But authorities say the best bet this weekend is to stay home.