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The partial roadway closure further limits access to the scenic highway through Big Sur, which is still recovering from other landslides last winter and earlier this season that closed a different ...
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.
The closure will be in effect from Sunday through Thursday, 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the area where a March slip-out resulted in the loss of a section of the southbound lane, Big Sur State Park said ...
Nacimiento-Fergusson Road is the only road across the Santa Lucia Range on the Central Coast of California, connecting California State Route 1 and the Big Sur coast to U.S. Route 101 and the Salinas Valley. [1] The road is well-paved and maintained over its length, but is winding and has precipitous drops.
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.
The road was closed or partially closed due to mudslides and landslides in at least six locations. On February 20, Caltrans declared that the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge just south of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park was damaged beyond repair, closing that segment of SR 1 for eight months, and effectively splitting Big Sur in half. [68]
The state legislature permanently limited the road along the Big Sur coast to two lanes, halting any proposals to upgrade the route to a freeway. [58]: 157 In 1977, the U.S. Forest Service noted in its environmental impact statement, "Highway 1 has reached its design capacity during peak-use periods."
The next stage of repairs along the Rocky Creek Bridge "slip-out" on Highway 1 in Big Sur will again close the two-lane road, but the closures will occur only overnight, according to the ...