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usonian

(12,276 posts)
Fri May 17, 2024, 02:23 PM May 2024

Governor Newsom Announces the Reopening of Highway 1, Ahead of Schedule

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/14/governor-newsom-announces-the-reopening-of-highway-1-ahead-of-schedule/



Governor Newsom surveys damage near the Rocky Creek Bridge earlier this month.

This portion of Highway 1 will reopen with the use of a 24/7 signalized traffic control. This temporary signal will provide unrestricted public access with one-way alternating traffic in both the north and southbound directions.

...

On March 30, a rockslide below Highway 1 south of the Rocky Creek Bridge left the southbound lane partially undermined and impassable. Approximately 6 feet of the pavement and a portion of an unreinforced masonry retaining wall that supported the highway fell to the ocean about 170 feet below the road.

In order to stabilize the remaining southbound lane and preserve the northbound lane, crews drilled, installed and grouted 40 vertical and 75 sub-horizontal steel elements into the slope. The steel elements, or rock dowels, are covered by an application of shotcrete to protect the exposed rock slope. This work required Caltrans to close the roadway in both directions at Rocky Creek, aside from twice-daily convoys through the slip-out area.

Now that Caltrans has stabilized the southbound lane and preserved the northbound lane, the site will continue to be monitored and visually inspected. 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.



A permanent repair to the highway is being designed and is expected to be completed in spring 2025, Caltrans said. (ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/californias-scenic-highway-1-big-sur-opens-clock-110343958



Screenshot from ABC, appears to be the one-lane alternation, as Yosemite visitors are all too familiar with from a landslide very long ago.
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Governor Newsom Announces the Reopening of Highway 1, Ahead of Schedule (Original Post) usonian May 2024 OP
One of the most scenic drives in the world. ret5hd May 2024 #1
Except for the parts where I close my eyes. quaint May 2024 #2
yep... I guess you wouldn't like the drive up to Lake Arrowhead either. BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #4
Not liking isn't the same as not going, though. quaint May 2024 #6
oh nice. it's beautiful up there but drove up on foggy / rainy day once BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #8
Who doesn't have a non-favorite road? usonian May 2024 #5
Looks pretty, but I'll pass... quaint May 2024 #7
Don't look Dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn. usonian May 2024 #9
don't stand to close to the ledge Newsome BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2024 #3
But it's still closed south of Big Sur. SunSeeker May 2024 #10

quaint

(3,214 posts)
6. Not liking isn't the same as not going, though.
Fri May 17, 2024, 09:32 PM
May 2024

My grandparents lived in Crestline in the late 1950s, 60s, and early 70s.

usonian

(12,276 posts)
5. Who doesn't have a non-favorite road?
Fri May 17, 2024, 08:42 PM
May 2024

Try highway 49 through Bagby. I call it the Thelma and Louise highway. One or two guardrails, hairpin turns, and hundreds of feet drops ( so who’s measuring? )

White knuckle highway, unless you have a sports car, I imagine. My budget allows imagining only.

SunSeeker

(53,097 posts)
10. But it's still closed south of Big Sur.
Sat May 18, 2024, 01:39 AM
May 2024

You can only get to Big Sur from the north. Which sucks for Big Sur businesses, and us folks in So. Cal. who love weekend trips up to Big Sur.

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