From MoCo:

Kate,
We are posting this right now, please share.

This is an important message to residents that have been isolated due to the closure of Pfieffer Canyon Bridge. If you need your vehicle for travel outside the affected area, you must move cars to the Pineridge Trails parking lot. State parks has opened the gate there. Time is of the essence. There will be a hard closure of the bridge at 5 PM today. Vehicles are being escorted over the bridge until the hard closure.

From the Big Sur Station:

The Big Sur Station (in coordination with California State Parks & the USFS) has opened the parking lot at the Pine Ridge Trailhead for local residents who are walking across the closed bridge.

We are providing passes during normal operation hours (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.).

The parking pass states:

Parking area only. Pine Ridge Trail is still closed. Leave this pass in your dash (if no pass is displayed you will be ticketed). Make sure to keep the gate closed upon entering and exiting. Do not leave valuables in your car. Thank you.

Questions can be referred to bigsurstation@gmail.com

Thank you!!! What a crazy year!
—
Tim Bills
Coordinator, Big Sur Station
Los Padres Forest Association

Update: vehicles are allowed to leave the area, one at a time across the bridge until later this afternoon per Cal Trans.

CALTRANS
Highway 1 Update
Sunday, February 12
1:30PM
These photos are of Pfeiffer Cyn Bridge Cyn Bridge (PM 45.5) from yesterday.

***NEW INFORMATION***

State Route 1 continues to be closed between Ragged Pt. (SLO 72.87) and Pfeiffer Cyn Bridge(PM 45.5)

Motorists may travel north on State Route 1 from Cambria to Ragged Point (SLO PM 72.87) or south from Carmel to Pfeiffer Cyn. Bridge (PM 45.5)

The roadway is not passable between Ragged Pt (SLO 72.87)and Dolan Pt (PM 29.70)

*LOCALS/GUESTS MAY TRAVEL BETWEEN DOLAN and SOUTH of PFEIFFER CYN BRIDGE (PM 45.5) AND AVOID CROSSING BRIDGE.

GUESTS/LOCALS MAY PARK NORTH OF PFEIFFER BRIDGE (where available–may require a long walk) AND TRAVEL ON FOOT TO BE ESCORTED BY BUSINESSES TO AND FROM DESTINATIONS SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE.

*BUSINESSES REMAIN OPEN*

Another update will be provided later today, hoped within two hours with information on vehicles exiting.

FOR NOW, ONLY PEDESTRIANS ALLOWED TO SAFELY CROSS PFEIFFER CYN. BRIDGE.