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SR 1 was built piecemeal in various stages, with the first section opening in the Big Sur region in the 1930s. However, portions of the route had several names and numbers over the years as more segments opened. It was not until the 1964 state highway renumbering that the entire route was officially designated as SR 1. Although SR 1 is a ...
Recommended state highway system, 1896. The first state road was authorized on March 26, 1895, by the California State Legislature when it enacted a law which created the post of "Lake Tahoe Wagon Road Commissioner" to maintain the Lake Tahoe Wagon Road (the 1852 Johnson's Cut-off of the California Trail), now US 50 from Smith Flat — 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Placerville — to the Nevada ...
The opening of Highway 1 in 1937 dramatically altered the local economy. Before the highway was completed, a developer who wanted to build a subdivision offered to buy the Pfeiffer Ranch from John and Florence Pfeiffer for $210,000 ($3.83 million in 2023). John was the son of Big Sur pioneers Michael Pfeiffer and Barbara Laquet.
Boring of twin 30-foot (9 m) diameter tunnels started September 17, 2007, and was completed in 2011. [1] Breakthrough on the northern bore occurred on September 30, 2010. [2] With the completion of the tunnels in 2013, the old Devil's Slide highway was converted into a trail for hikers and bicyclists. [3] The tunnels opened to traffic on March ...
After heavy rains, a rockslide south of Monterey on March 30 caused about 6 feet (nearly 2 meters) of the southbound lane and a retaining wall that supported the highway to fall about 170 feet (52 ...
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 ...
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