The reopening came eight days ahead of schedule and just in time for summer travel.
In this provided by the California Department of Transportation, a section of Highway 1 re-opened, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Big Sur, Calif., after repairs were made following storm damage.
The gap has yet to be closed, but after placement of steel and concrete into the cliff, a temporary signal system was activated to allow alternating north-south traffic on the undamaged lane, according to the California Department of Transportation.
After heavy rains, a rockslide south of Monterey on March 30 caused about 6 feet of the southbound lane and a retaining wall that supported the highway to fall about 170 feet to the ocean below. In April, Kirk Gafill, president of the Big Sur Chamber of Commerce, told the San Francisco Chronicle that total losses to Big Sur businesses since the slide were exceeding $1 million a day.
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