Be prepared for detours: A narrow, winding, deteriorated road is getting a $1.5-million facelift.

Beginning Tues. Sept. 7, the Norwegian Grade on Moorpark Road between Calle Contento and Santa Rosa Road will be undergoing major renovations and will close to through traffic for about 60 days.

Moorpark traffic to and from Thousand Oaks will be directed to the 23 Freeway during the closure. Camarillo traffic will be directed to the 101 Freeway.

The old road will be recycled to build the new road. The asphalt along the grade will be ground up and mixed with a stabilizing agent, such as concrete, before it’s replaced.

A new guard rail and drainage improvements are also a part of the planned upgrade. The city will receive $800,000 from a federal safety grant for the guard rails.

—Nancy Needham