From Mary Moore who works at the Big Sur Lodge and went over just before the road was closed.
Hard closure for all. Per chp:
| 3] SR1 WASH OUT SB LANE AND NB LANE STARTING |
| Detail Information | |||||||
| 5:11 PM | 23 | [61] LATE ENTRY – 1039 PSDSII | |||||
| 5:03 PM | 22 | [57] 1039 27-C | |||||
| 5:03 PM | 21 | [56] 1039 GILBERT W/ CALTRANS | |||||
| 4:58 PM | 20 | [52] 27-S1 CPS / HAVE CALTRANS SET UP CLOSURE CLOSER TO PALO COLORADO [Shared] | |||||
| 4:57 PM | 19 | [51] A27-068 NOTIFYING S1 BIG SUR CALTRANS CREW ON 1097 / NEG ENGENIEER SEEN [Shared] | |||||
| 4:52 PM | 18 | [49] A27-074 APPRX 40 VEHS NEED TO GO NB PER SO [Shared] | |||||
| 4:47 PM | 17 | [46] A27-068 1097 AT CLOSURE // TURNED ABOUT 3 DOZEN VEHS AROUND TO GO NB [Shared] | |||||
| 4:42 PM | 16 | [45] A27-068 START HARD CLOSURE AT PALO COLORADO TO TURN TRFC AROUND [Shared] | |||||
| 4:40 PM | 15 | [43] A27-074 NB LNS SHUT DOWN / RD COMPLETELY CLOSED NB AND SB [Shared] | |||||
| 4:38 PM | 14 | [40] [Notification] [CHP]-12 VIA LL // EVERYONE IN BIG SUR IS GOING TO BE STUCK // CAN GO 108 IF OKAY W/ S1AND START DIVERTING TFRC ON THE SOUTH END [Shared] | |||||
| 4:31 PM | 13 | [37] A27-074 CPS / ADVSD SOMEONE WAS ABLE TO LOOK UNDER RDWY AND RPTD NO DIRT UNDER THE PAVEMENT MOVING TWRDS NB LN [Shared] | |||||
| 4:29 PM | 12 | [35] 27-S1 WHEN 68 GORS 1097 / 74 CAN GO NORTH TO SEND PICTUES [Shared] | |||||
| 4:24 PM | 11 | [30] 27-S1 VIA LL * ISSUE SIG ALERT [Shared] | |||||
| 4:20 PM | 10 | [28] 27-S1 CPS INQ ETA F/ 74 [Shared] | |||||
| 4:19 PM | 9 | [27] [Notification] [CHP]-PER MTRY COMM // NB SIDE IS STARTING TO WASH OUT AS WELL AND FIRE IS WORKING ON CLOSING BTH NB AND SB LNS// STATE PARKS ADVS // SOLO FIRE UNIT 97 [Shared] | |||||
| 4:15 PM | 8 | [25] A27-068 CPS WILL DO IT WHEN 1097 [Shared] | |||||
| 4:13 PM | 7 | [21] [Appended, 16:14:12] [1] 10′ CHUNCK OF ROAD FELL INTO THE OCEAN | |||||
| 4:07 PM | 6 | [15] [Notification] [CHP]-MTRY COMM //REQ UPDATES SO THAT WAY EMRGENCY VEHS CAN START PLANNING [Shared] | |||||
| 3:59 PM | 5 | [9] 1039 FIRE COMM [Shared] | |||||
| 3:59 PM | 4 | [8] 1039 MTRY COMM [Shared] | |||||
| 3:57 PM | 3 | [4] SB SR1 APPROX 1 MI JNO BIXBY CREEK BRIDGE 1/3RD OF SB LANE IS GONE [Shared] | |||||
| 3:57 PM | 2 | [3] 1023 TIL UNIT 1097 [Shared] | |||||
| 3:56 PM | 1 | [1] HALF OF SB LN GONE | |||||
Mother Nature is sending one of her final messages. Bless her.
😱 Gosh … how much more can this community take?
What are the prospects for temporary repair?
Stay safe.
Karl I would not bet on it, but to give an idea, they got 1 lane open in 4 months when it fell in a nearby area. I will resurrect that video/posts from 2011.
Girl you better ask the Easter bunny to bring you a helicopter!
As much as Mother Nature cares to throw at us. We are good.
Yikes!
Hate to see closiings, but I love this site.
Mary’s photos are impressive. Driving past that hole in the highway must have been harrowing! Happening on Easter weekend, imagining all the visitors camping & overnighting south of the slip out, as well as the residents, this poses quite the conundrum with road still closed @ Paul’s slide.
Have not seen any updates this morning as to any possible additional road decay into the NB lane at Rocky Creek. Wonder how much the Colorado Fire hillside damage played in this road lost. Run off from the above fire damaged hillside or just the eventual coast side weakening from ages of wave action below. Road damage is right where the concrete berms are located on the beach (created in the 50’s ?) to fortify this section from cliff side erosion.
Are cyclists stil trying to get through?
There is a spring or water just collects on the south side of the road just opposite where the slide is.It’s been there since at least the late 80’s.