From Cal Trans:

HIGHWAY 1 UPDATE – FRIDAY, MAY 26 AT 1 PM – PAUL’S SLIDE CONTINUES TO BE FULLY CLOSED TO EVERYONE

PAUL’S SLIDE ON STATE ROUTE 1 CONTINUES TO BE FULLY CLOSED TO EVERYONE AS OF 1 PM, THURSDAY, MAY 25. CALTRANS ENGINEERS REPORT CONTINUED SLIDE ACTIVITY AND THE AREA HAS BEEN CLOSED IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THE RADAR MONITORING SYSTEM SHOWS SLIDE ACTIVITY HAS CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE; CALTRANS IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH ANYONE ATTEMPTING TO PASS BELOW THE SLIDE AND MATERIAL REMAINS ON THE ROADWAY. LOCAL ACCESS AND DELIVERIES AT THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIMES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 30, WHEN A RE-ASSESSMENT WILL TAKE PLACE AND AN UPDATE PROVIDED BY MID-DAY.

STATE ROUTE 1 REMAINS FULLY CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT MUD CREEK DUE TO CONTINUED SLIDE ACTIVITY. DELIVERY VEHICLES AND LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL NEED TO USE NACIMIENTO-FERGUSSON TO EXIT SOUTH OR TO CLEAR THE ACCESS TIMES AT PAUL’S SLIDE.

Aerial of Paul’s Slide:

Aerial of Mud Creek:

Pfeiffer Bridge:

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 driving down hwy 2 from Monterey last week and had to drive back to Monterey and across to the 101 then over to the 1 to get to our destination in San Simeon.
    It would have been really nice if we knew about the closure by Caltrans putting a sign for travellers to see instead of us having to travel south thinking we would be in San Simeon in a few hours. CALTRANS NEEDS TO THINK MORE OF US CITIZENS. PLEASE CALTRANS TAKE NOTE!!!!!!!!!

    • You are a special kind of tourist. There *ARE* signs - many signs. The entire world knows about the closures by the bridge which was destroyed in February - by the slide which is the biggest in California history which happened earlier this month. It has been on local, national, and international news stations. You found my blog, right? I've been covering this since February with eyewitness reports, updates by Cal Trans and remarkable photos. I have no sympathy for you, sir.

      BTW, it is Highway 1, not 2.

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