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Drivers trapped by crumbling portion of Highway 1
Thousands of drivers were stranded on Highway 1 in Big Sur over the weekend after a section of the highway buckled.
Initial repairs to state Highway 1 south of Rocky Creek Bridge in Monterey County should be done by Memorial Day, allowing alternating one-way traffic through the area, Caltrans officials said Friday.
Since the March 30 landslide, or "slip-out," that closed the road temporarily, motorists have been able to pass the area in the northbound lane in escorted convoys twice daily.
Since then, "Caltrans has conducted geotechnical assessments, widened and improved drainage in the northbound shoulder area, placed concrete barriers along the centerline to channelize convoy passage, and hired a contractor to drill, install, and grout vertical rock dowels through the southbound lane pavement adjacent to the existing west edge of the roadway," the state agency said.
Once crews have stabilized the road sufficiently, likely by May 27, motorists will be able to move through the area with the help of a temporary traffic signal that will allow one-way traffic.