NOTE NEW INFORMATION RE DELIVERIES AND LOCALS ONLY ACCESS FROM THE SOUTH FOR THOSE SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE
CALTRANS
HIGHWAY 1 UPDATE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
11:00 AM
SR-1 FULL CLOSURE CONTINUES–RAGGED PT (SLO PM 72.87) TO JUST SOUTH OF PALO COLORADO (PM 61.5) WITH OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCALS AND RESUPPLY/DELIVERIES ON FRIDAY, MARCH 10 AT 10 AM**.
Paul’s Slide for locals: from Saturday, March 4 through Thursday, March 9 (shotcrete operation will take place all Thursday), there will be no access for Caltrans or locals from 7 AM to 7 PM. Locals MAY travel through this area from 7 PM until 7 AM with the assistance of a flagger conducting one-way reversing trafficcontrol.
**Deliveries to Big Sur can be made this Friday, March 10. The stabilized roadway at Paul’s Slide (PM 21.6) is limited to vehicles weighing 35,000 lbs.; this can accommodate a truck with 3,000 gallons of propane. The maximum vehicle length is 30 feet. The delivery vehicles will meet at Ragged Point at 10 am and be escorted north by a Caltrans vehicle. There will be a flagger at Ragged Point checking I.D.’s for locals and allowing delivery vehicles through. The next opportunity for deliveries will be on Monday, March 13, Wednesday, March 15 and Friday, March 17 at 10 am each day. Delivery vehicles can head south unescorted once deliveries are made as there should be minimal northbound traffic.
Starting Friday, March 10, between delivery dates and on weekends, locals only will have access from Ragged Pt. to the Big Sur Post Office with local I.D. until further notice.
The school bus will be allowed to cross Paul’s Slide starting March 10 and continue crossing until further notice.
*IMPORTANT NOTE – CALTRANS PFEIFFER CYN. BRIDGE (PM 45.5) UPDATE:
· DUE TO EXTREME SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE BRIDGE’S DYNAMIC INSTABILITY, EVERYONE needs to STAY CLEAR and not get within 100 feet of either side of the bridge. This closure will be enforced.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Any remaining vehicles in the large turn-out just north of Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge have been towed to the large “secure” parking lot at the MAF as of TUESDAY, MARCH 7.
· Drilling continues and Caltrans geotechnical and bridge experts from around the state are working as quickly as possible toward the bridge replacement. Drilling investigation findings are targeted for Friday, March 17.
· On the maintenance side, our goal is to make progress with the slides to regain as much access from the south as possible. We are also working to keep the roadway passable from the north to just north of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge—for locals only.
*BUSINESSES REMAIN OPEN*
Locals may travel in a truck, SUV or van, daytime only:
1) between Ragged. Pt. and Big Sur Post Office (PM 45.23) and
2) between just north of Pfeiffer Cyn Bridge and Carmel.
Another update regarding the Highway 1 Big Sur Coast will be provided around mid-day on Thursday, March 9 or sooner if conditions change.
Kate,
And believe it or not forecasters are pretty confident there is a 8 day rain free period ahead for the region.
Which is great news. Maybe we can catch up, now.
bigsurkate
I am SO VERY Thankful to YOU !!! Your Information has been Clear. For this Canadian who has been coming (to Esalen) for nearly 40 years, your updates have been Helpful. Again, Thank You. There’s a ‘short line-up’ at The Gates of Heaven for Folk like you !!!
Cheers !!
We live in Cambria and are anxiously watching the Ragged Point closure posts to determine if we would be able to drive our 24 ft motorhome up to Plaskett Creek on 3/13. We have reservations, and the site states that we would be notified if the campground closure continues, but we are anxious about not being able to get through.
I’d be anxious, too. It is still closed at Ragged Point to all but locals, and in any event, Mud Creek is nasty, and I would not travel it in a 24 ft motorhome. While they keep throwing asphalt in it, there is a section which drops quite a bit. I don’t see that changing by 3/13.