| Date: | Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 5:40 p.m. |
| District: | 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties |
| Contact: | Kevin Drabinski or Alexa Bertola |
| Phone: | (805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3237 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UPDATE #26
HIGHWAY 1 CLOSED DUE TO RAIN AND ROCKFALL
BETWEEN RAGGED POINT AND DEETJEN’S INN
MONTEREY / SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES – Due to multiple reports of rockfall and at the request of the California Highway Patrol, Highway 1 is now closed from Ragged Point Inn in San Luis Obispo County to just south of Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn in Monterey County.
Updates will be provided tomorrow as crews are able to assess road conditions during daylight hours.
Road information and updates can also be found on Caltrans District 5 Social Media platforms: Twitter at: @CaltransD5, Facebook at: Caltrans Central Coast (District 5) and Instagram at: Caltrans_D5.
Our crews deserve to get home safely too.
Drive slowly and carefully in work zones.
CHP Traffic Incident Information Page: http://cad.chp.ca.gov
Traveler information at: https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov
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Kevin Drabinski
Public Information Officer