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Communities and businesses stuck between two landslides on Highway 1 in Big Sur will again be cut off for at least two days, as officials temporarily halt the convoys Thursday and Friday for weather.
Crews are on site cleaning up debris and rocks from the highway.
Approximate boundaries of the Big Sur region. Big Sur is not an incorporated town but a region without formal boundaries in California's Central Coast region. [17] The region is often confused with the small community of buildings and services 26 miles (42 km) south of Carmel in the Big Sur River valley, sometimes referred to by locals as Big Sur Village, but officially known as Big Sur. [17 ...
The approximately 44-mile stretch of scenic highway was closed from Ragged Point, located 2.1 miles south of the border between Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, to 2.5 miles south of Big Sur ...
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]
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. More than a ...
On January 15, 1952, the highway was closed 7 miles (11 km) north of San Simeon to Big Sur due to "numerous heavy slides". [63] December 1955 was the fifth wettest since 1872. At the Big Sur Maintenance Station, 8.45 inches of rain was recorded in one 24-hour period on December 23.