9 am – Road open
CAL TRANS
NEWS RELEASE
Highway 1 will be open at 9:00 A.M.
Location: SLO/Monterey County – Hwy. 1 between Ragged Point (SLO, Postmile 72.87) to 1.9 miles south of Big Sur (MON, PM 42.2) n
All lanes of Highway 1 were closed du to mud/rock slide at 11 PM on 12/8/16
Please drive safely as rocks will continue to fall off the hillside throughout this rain event.
8:30 am – road expected to be clear by 9 am, although Lucia reports travelers from both directions.
UPDATE: 7;14 AM –
6:52 AM 6 [10] ITS CLOSED BETW MM 42.2 AND RAGGED POINT (42 IS GRIMES CANYON)
UPDATE: AS OF 6:18 AM, THE CHP REQUESTS NOTIFICATION FROM CAL TRANS WHEN THE HIGHWAY IS OPEN AGAIN.
As of a bit before midnight, there is a hard closure on HIghway One at Ragged Point to the south, and Ventana to the north due to a rock and mudslide at Limekiln.
Incident: 00541 Type: CLOSURE of a Road
Location: Sr1 / Limekiln
Loc Desc: BT RAGGED PT AND VENTANA
Lat/Lon: 36.007778 -121.515556
Detail Information
11:32 PM 4 [7] 1039 SLO W/INFO
11:30 PM 3 [6] 1039 ENTAC
11:28 PM 2 [4] PER SCOTT W/CT – HARD CLOSURE AT VENTANA IN BIG SUR and RAGGED POINT
11:26 PM 1 [3] HWY 1 CLOSED
Unit Information
11:30 PM 2 Unit Assigned
11:30 PM 1 Unit At Scene
The closure was due to 10 dumpster loads of mountainside on the highway at “Paul’s slide” near the “Rain Rocks Rock Shed”. Drove through at about 7:50am and they were just about done cleaning it up and the foreman said they’d have it done in a few minutes. Lucia Lodge is getting travelers from both directions saying the highway is open.
Thanks, Tony,.
bigsurkate
20 minutes straight of uninterrupted rain for CVV, whoa.
Nepenthe restaurant rages on with another 1.5 inches so far on the latest wave of moisture to hit the coast.
I just saw that, Andrew. On top of the 3″ they got before. I’m at almost .75″ but, again, I’ve got the rain gauge on the wrong side of the roof.
bigsurkate
I live in Scotts Valley near Henry Cowell campgrounds. We have had 4.96″ since wed.