"Carmageddon," the feared traffic jam from the long-publicized weekend shutdown of the Los Angeles freeway, had a calm pass off and life was back to normal early Monday even as the county mayor termed it "Carmaheaven."

"This weekend was more of a 'Carmaheaven' than a Carmageddon," Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said in a statement as Interstate 405 reopened almost a full day ahead of schedule Sunday afternoon.

A 10-mile stretch of the 405 Freeway remained closed beginning Friday night and was scheduled to end early Monday to help build the last remaining gap of the I-405 carpool lane network, which involved tearing down of half of the Mulholland Drive bridge. But the work finished 17 hours before expected.