HIGHWAY 1 NEAR BIG SUR REOPENS FOLLOWING REPAIRS
An area of Big Sur's coastal highway reopened a week earlier than scheduled on Friday following repairs to a section that previously fell into the ocean nearly two months ago. The repairs in Big Sur were required following a March 30 rockslide off Highway 1 south of the Rocky Creek Bridge. At the time, approximately 6 feet of the pavement and a portion of a retaining wall that supported the highway fell to the ocean about 170 feet below, leaving the southbound lane impassable.
When it reopened Friday, the area had signalized traffic control allowing one-way changing traffic in both directions. A project to construct a permanent repair to the highway at this location is currently in the design phase, with an estimated completion date of spring 2025.
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