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

[usonian]

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.

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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.

[ret5hd]

1. One of the most scenic drives in the world.

[quaint]

2. Except for the parts where I close my eyes.

😑

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. yep... I guess you wouldn't like the drive up to Lake Arrowhead either.

[quaint]

6. Not liking isn't the same as not going, though.

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

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

8. oh nice. it's beautiful up there but drove up on foggy / rainy day once

it was terrifying.

[usonian]

5. Who doesn't have a non-favorite road?

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.

[quaint]

7. Looks pretty, but I'll pass...

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[usonian]

9. Don't look Dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. don't stand to close to the ledge Newsome

[SunSeeker]

10. But it's still closed south of Big Sur.

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.