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In 1919, the legislature approved building Route 56, or the Carmel – San Simeon Highway, to connect Big Sur to the rest of California. A $1.5 million bond issue was approved by voters, but construction was delayed by World War I. Federal funds were appropriated and in 1921 voters approved additional state funds.
Route 56 along Big Sur was incorporated into the state highway system and re-designated as SR 1 in 1939. The section of road along the Big Sur Coast was declared the first State Scenic Highway in 1965, and in 1966 the first lady, Lady Bird Johnson, led the official designation ceremony at Bixby Bridge. [45]
The remaining 10.2 miles (16.4 km) portion of the original Old Coast Road. It connects on the north to Highway 1 at Bixby Creek Bridge and on the south near Andrew Molera State Park. The Old Coast Road is a dirt road that still exists in part and preceded the current Big Sur Coast Highway along the northern coast of Big Sur, California. It was ...
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road connects California State Route 1 at the south end of the Kirk Creek Bridge [9] with Jolon 24.5 miles (39.4 km) to the east. It is the only route across the Santa Lucia Mountains between Monterey and Cambria in northern San Luis Obispo County where California State Route 46 connects California State Route 1 to U.S ...
Update, 11:56 a.m.: Highway 1 remains closed south of Posts, California to Ragged Point, California. The coast near Big Sur was reevaluated Sunday morning after closing Saturday. Maintenance and ...
It is located in Monterey County, on the State Route 1 (Cabrillo Highway) about 12 miles (19 km) south of the city of Carmel, and about a mile north of the more famous Bixby Creek Bridge. Rocky Creek Bridge is one of seven similar bridges along State Route 1 known as the Big Sur Arches, it is individually eligible for the National Register of ...
It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Carmel-by-the-Sea (better known as simply, "Carmel"), [3] at an elevation of 318 feet (97 m). [1] Carmel Highlands is just south of the Point Lobos State Reserve, and serves as the northern gateway of the Big Sur coastline along California State Route 1 .
It is located along a 1-mile-long (1.6 km) stretch of Big Sur Coast Highway in the Big Sur Valley 24 miles (39 km) south of Carmel, California. [1] The village contains the largest collection of shops and visitor services along the entire 71-mile (114 km) segment of California State Route 1 between Malpaso Creek near Carmel Highlands [ 3 ] in ...