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State Route 1 (SR 1) is a major north–south state highway that runs along most of the Pacific coastline of the U.S. state of California.At 656 miles (1,056 km), it is the longest state route in California, and the second-longest in the US after Montana Highway 200.
A section of California's scenic Highway 1 leading to the famous Big Sur coast reopened to around-the-clock traffic Friday after stabilization of a storm-triggered rockslide that dropped a chunk ...
Highway 1 will not fully reopen on California’s Big Sur coast in 2024, Kevin Drabinksi, Caltrans public affairs officer said at a news conference at Ragged Point on Sept. 27, 2024.
Authorities urged motorists to avoid California's Highway 1 along the central coast after a section of the scenic route collapsed during an Easter weekend storm, forcing closures and stranding ...
On May 20, 2017, the largest slide in the highway's history at Mud Creek blocked the road 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Gorda or about 60 miles (97 km) south of Monterey. The slide began 1,100 feet (340 m) up the side of the mountain and dumped an estimated 5,000,000 cubic yards (3,800,000 m 3 ), [ 86 ] or about 1.5 million tons of dirt, on to ...
However, the Sierra Club sued to stop construction, as California law requires that State Route 1 be restricted to two lanes in rural areas. The 101-foot-wide (31 m) road bed, complete with continuous uphill passing lanes, runaway truck ramps, and extra-wide shoulders, would be the widest two-lane road in the state. Again the state decided to ...
The Rocky Creek closure on California Highway 1 is seen March 31, 2024, in Monterey County, Calif., following heavy rain in the area. / Credit: Caltrans District 5 via AP
State Route 156 (SR 156) is a west to east state highway in the U.S. state of California, running from State Route 1 in Castroville to State Route 152 near Hollister. It serves as part of the primary route from the Monterey Peninsula to either the San Francisco Bay Area or the California Central Valley .