The main route to Yosemite Valley for travelers from the Bay Area will be closed for several weeks starting Wednesday morning.

A stretch of Big Oak Flat Road within Yosemite National Park — from Foresta Road to Highway 140 — will be closed round-the-clock starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday for repair of damage caused by a Jan. 22 rockslide, said park spokesman Scott Gediman

Yosemite Valley will be accessible by El Portal Road (Highway 140) from Mariposa or Wawona Road (Highway 41) from Oakhurst.

The park’s western entrance station on Highway 120 will remain open, allowing access to Hodgdon Meadows campground, Crane Flat and other attractions west of Foresta Road.

The park hopes to reopen the road by Easter weekend, April 7-8.