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Caltrans announces timeline to fully reopen Highway 1 along California’s Big Sur coast. Owen Lavine. December 8, 2023 at 4:17 PM ... The section of Highway 1 that runs through Paul’s Slide was ...
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.
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.
Highway 1 is closed indefinitely from Palo Colorado Road to Rocky Creek Bridge, the California Department of Transportation said on social media after a new landslide eroded part of the roadway.
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.
The Devil's Slide tunnels, as they are usually called, are the second and third longest road tunnels in California at 4,149 ft (1,265 m) northbound, and 4,008 ft (1,222 m) southbound. By comparison the longest road tunnel currently in California, the Wawona Tunnel on Highway 41 in Yosemite National Park, is 4,233 ft (1,290 m).
Highway 1 has been closed on more than 55 occasions due to damage from landslides, mudslides, erosion, and fire. [ 60 ] : 2–2 Aside from Highway 1, the only access to Big Sur is via the winding, narrow, 24.5 miles (39.4 km) long Nacimiento-Fergusson Road , which from Highway 1 south of Lucia passes east through Fort Hunter Liggett to Mission ...
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.