Categories: Road Conditions

Highway closed in both directions

3:00 pm – completely open

1:00 pm – one lane controlled traffic with very long delays.

Sigalert – Monterey County, SR-1 just South of Bixby Bridge, roadway closed in both directions by emergency vehicles due to a vehicle in the water.

Bridge closed while fatal accident being investigated.

Motorists are advised to expect delays and to use alternate routes. There is no estimated time of opening.

photo by Pete Slauson. Herald article can be found here: Herald Article

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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  • we got caught in the traffic around 9:30. Two helicopters in the pasture, USFS truck there too. Looking like climbers standing by the guardrail. Too bad.

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