| Date: | Thursday, April 30, 2026 |
| District: | 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties |
| Contact: | Kevin Drabinski or Ashton Harris |
| Phone: | (805) 549-3138 or (805) 556-5820 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
REPAIRS TO GRANITE CANYON BRIDGE SET TO BEGIN MONDAY, MAY 4
WITH DAYTIME TRAFFIC CONTROL
MONTEREY COUNTY – Crews are set to being repairs to the Granite Canyon Bridge and its bridge rail which were damaged after a recent traffic collision.
Travelers on Highway 1 at Granite Canyon Bridge will encounter one-way reversing traffic control starting Monday, May 4, on a Monday thru Friday basis, from 9 am to 1 pm. Repairs to the bridge are expected to take four weeks.
The Granite Canyon Bridge is located approximately 8 miles south of Carmel at Post Mile 64.4. Crews will be working beneath and on top of the bridge and will be reforming the bridge rail to match its original design.
Travelers can expect delays of up to ten minutes. Please allow for extra time during your commute through the area.
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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Due justice – the sloppy un- attentive driver (s), should lose whatever connection they had in Sur ..lifetime denial of entry
To be fair, we don’t know what caused the driver to do that. Did a deer jump out at him? Was there something in the road? Did a crazy tourist pass him in a bad spot? Did he blow a tire?
We passed it just after it happened. It was a sprinter-sized van, possibly from a local electrician or other contractor. It was on its side, bottom facing to the road, at the north end of the bridge, facing south. Not sure how the vehicle did the damage to the bridge on the other side of the road.