| Date: | Wednesday, December 11, 2024 |
| District: | 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties |
| Contact: | Kevin Drabinski or Jim Shivers |
| Phone: | (805) 549-3138 or (805) 549-3237 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UPDATE #24
FULL 24-HOUR CLOSURE OF HIGHWAY 1 AT ROCKY CREEK
MOVED DUE TO FORECASTED WINDS
HARD CLOSURE TO NOW START SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 AT 10 PM
MONTEREY COUNTY – Due to winds forecasted to gust beyond the threshold limits for the operation of cranes, Caltrans has moved the 24-hour full closure of Highway 1 at Rocky Creek from its previously announced start date of Friday, Dec. 13.
Caltrans is now scheduled to fully close Highway 1 at Rocky Creek for 24 hours starting Saturday, Dec. 14 at 10 pm. Highway 1 is scheduled to reopen to thru travel on Sunday, Dec. 15 at 10 pm.
Rocky Creek is located 12 miles south of Carmel. No vehicle travel of any kind will be possible on Highway 1 through Rocky Creek for the duration of this 24-hour closure.
During this full 24-hour closure crews will install nine pre-cast concrete girders as progress advances on construction of a viaduct to replace a section of the southbound lane lost due to a slipout on March 30.
Two heavy cranes will be in operation at either end of the project area during the girder installation and no vehicle travel through the site will be possible.
Highway 1 remains closed at Regent’s Slide, 40 miles south of Carmel.
Road information and updates can also be found on Caltrans District 5 Social Media platforms: X/Twitter at: @CaltransD5, Facebook at: Caltrans Central Coast (District 5) and Instagram at: Caltrans_D5.
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eh, the forecast I'm looking at says the highest winds will actually be RIGHT THEN, around 10-11 pm Saturday so I kind of bet there will be another update. this is odd, so far the company and team doing this job has been pretty competent, this makes no sense. well, I'm thankful for the rain, and deeply appreciative of the hard work being poured into making the highway function, so I have NO complaints at all, mostly just amused at the occasional modest glitch in communications from a complex project ! fist bump to all the workers banging that job out, thanks !
whoops, nope ! I'm the fool ! the forecast was for peak winds at 10-11 AM, I'm the silly goose ! I hope all flows smoothly, haha !