Image CCRP 201501783 dated 09/11/2015 was obtained from the California Coastal Records Project website (http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=201501783&mode=sequential&flags=0&year=current).
Image IMG 0899 dated 03/17/17 was obtained from Yeh and Associates for Caltrans (Gresh Eckrich <GEckrich@yeh-eng.com>).
And this is what it looks like now, as of May 17, 2017.
Mud Creek remains closed until further notice. Paul’s Slide hours an openings remain the same – see above in “sticky” post.
CALTRANS ANNOUNCES NEXT CONVOY TO PFEIFFER CANYON BRIDGE
MONTEREY COUNTY – Caltrans will continue the process of delivering construction equipment and materials to the site of the demolished Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on State Route 1 via Nacimiento-Fergusson Road from US Highway 101 on Thursday, May 25.
These convoys will be escorted by the California Highway Patrol and will include intermittent closures of Nacimiento-Fergusson Road from 8 am until 7 pm. Motorists wishing to travel east/west in the morning must do so before the first convoy begins. Motorists will encounter delays during the movement of these four convoys westbound from 8 am to 10 am and 2 pm to 4 pm and eastbound from 11 am to 1 pm and from 5 pm to 7 pm. All vehicles should not exceed 30 feet in length and a weight of 15 tons.
These convoys will include the remaining 50% of the rock and sand necessary to create concrete abutments for the new bridge. Future convoys will transport two mobile batch plants, two concrete boom pump trucks, vacuum trucks and rebar cages. This equipment will be used to construct concrete abutments and overall construction of the new Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge (PM 45.52).
Mud Creek from South End
Aerial of Paul’s Slide
And so, this marks the biannual switch over from the winter links and categories to the summer ones. Memborial Day weekend is almost here.
Sitting at the Pine Valley & Jolon Rd. Chevron, two fire trucks went by. I found this on the chp site:
Incident: 00280 Type: Report of Fire Location: 52500 Lonoak King City Rd Loc Desc: Lonoak Rd Lat/Lon: 36.279132 -120.944942
Detail Information
3:33 PM 1 [1] 1039 CALFIRE ENG ENRT TO VEG FIRE – THEY HAVE 5 ENG AND
It is windy in King City and there was a 25 acre fire here yesterday.
Today’s Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2017
District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa
Cruz Counties
Contact: Susana Z Cruz (bilingual) or Colin Jones
Phone: (805) 549-3138 or 549-3189
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*Update #1*
CALTRANS ANNOUNCES NEXT CONVOY TO PFEIFFER CANYON BRIDGE
MONTEREY COUNTY – Caltrans will continue the process of delivering construction equipment and materials to the site of the demolished Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on State Route 1 via Nacimiento-Fergusson Road from US Highway 101 on Thursday, May 18.
This single convoy will be escorted by the California Highway Patrol and will include full closures of Nacimiento-Fergusson Road at 8 am. Motorists traveling westbound should do so before the convoy begins. Motorists wishing to travel eastbound towards US Highway 101 after 8 am will be held at State Route 1 until the convoy passes. This is the only convoy scheduled and will take about four hours to complete the round-trip, allowing for both access times at Paul’s Slide to take place as scheduled.
This convoy will include six 10-wheeler trucks full of fine aggregate (sand), which will be used to construct concrete abutments for the new bridge. An update on future convoys will be sent out when information has been confirmed.
The steel girders for the new bridge are currently being fabricated at a plant in Vallejo, CA.
The girders will then be moved to a plant near Stockton for painting before they are shipped to the Pfeiffer Canyon site. This $24 million project is expected to allow public access in mid to late September.
Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through highway
work zones.
For more information on this project and for traffic updates on other Caltrans projects in
Monterey County, residents can call the District 5 toll free number at 1-831-423-0396 or can
visit our website at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/paffairs/release.htm#mon
These were taken Monday, 5/15/17 by Rock Knocker. Several of them show the north side of the slide Cal Trans sent yesterday, which was taken on the south side. WARNING: These are depressing. It was very active and he got photos of the activity, but I didn’t get them transferred yet. This slide show is 22 photos and I have 64.
Photos by Sander Koning
Remember, there is another one on Thursday.
1-2) Photos of Mud Creek (PM 8.9) attached.
Photos of Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge Construction (below)—courtesy of Kyle Evans for Caltrans.
* AN UPDATED RELEASE ON NACIMIENTO-FERGUSSON CLOSURES WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 WITH THURSDAY’S
CLOSURES)*
THE INFORMATION BELOW IS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND DELIVERY VEHICLES ONLY
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· Mud Creek (PM 8.9) –NO ACCESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. No ETO for Mud Creek at this time.
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· Mud Creek has three major issues: 1) a partial lane missing; 2) the slope/roadway is at an angle and 3) significant slide material is still coming down. There is the possibility of retaining walls or a side hill viaduct as a viable solution for Mud Creek, but first we need to drill, and to do so, we need the slide to cease movement and the water to stop flowing. Vehicles and local residents will need to use Nacimiento-Fergusson to exit south or clear the access times at Paul’s Slide.
·
Paul’s Slide (PM 21.6)—ACCESS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS AND DELIVERY VEHICLES
ONLY.
No Change. Work on the slope continues. The targeted “public access” date of mid-June
shows medium probability with recent activity, public opening date could be pushed further
out.
· 12:00PM Monday / Wednesday / Friday– A single caravan south and a single caravan
north, you must be in line by noon! There may be up to 45 minute delay to clear the road
before the opening.
· Delivery vehicles (Restriction is 30 feet maximum length and 50,000 lbs. maximum weight) can now use all access windows 7 days a week.
· Access times for the morning and evening are still the same except for Friday:
5:30AM to 6:00AM and 7:00PM to 7:30PM – Sat.-Thurs.
· Friday’s hours will be shortened to:
5:30AM – 8:00AM and 6:00PM to 7:30PM
· The noon opening will be for PAUL’S SLIDE ONLY, (NOT MUD CREEK); you will need to use Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to exit the coast.
Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge [PCB] (PM 45.52)
The foundation pile for the abutment and wing walls was completed last week (north end) and the drilling contractor is currently mobilizing the south end to begin the foundation work there. The contractor has begun demolition of the original abutment on the north side and will be focusing on excavation, forming, placing rebar and pouring the new abutment #2 on the north side over the next few weeks.
Progress continues to take place but being that Mud Creek is closed until further notice, we
need to bring 10 loads of material: gravel, sand, equipment and other items via convoys
through Nacimiento—Fergusson with CHP escorts—thus far scheduled for today and
Thursday of this week. Current public access date remains: Mid-to-late September.
Slide Removal within PCB Closure (PM 45.84)
Slide removal operations just north of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge project, which we are calling the “trailer
slide” will began yesterday, Monday, May 15. Temporary guardrail (K-rail) was placed yesterday and there
will be STOP sign controls in place 24/7 at PM 45.84 just north of Sycamore Canyon Road. This is within
the closure for the bridge project and will only affect residents of Pfeiffer Ridge Road and Sycamore Canyon
Road. Flaggers will control traffic during work hours. There may be some delay as trucks are loaded out.
Another update will be provided by mid-day Friday, May 19.
Photos of Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge construction below.
North Side Abutment area. The piles have been poured and excavators and loaders are digging down preparing the area for the forms for the wing walls and the abutment.
Left side a rebar cage is lowered into the ground for one of the piles that will form the foundation for the abutment. Right foreground. The drill rig clears out dirt built up on the drill while drilling the hole for the west wing wall.
The crane (right side) is lowering a rebar cage into the ground that will become the foundation pile for the north
abutment. Another rebar cage is pictured on the ground in the foreground waiting to be lowered in. The drill rig can be
seen beyond the crane in the background drilling the hole for the foundation pile for the west wing wall.
Susana Z. Cruz
Caltrans District 5
Public Information Officer
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para Caltrans en el Distrito 5
805.549.3138
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From someone who went through at the 5 am opening, she stated they had to wait 1/2 an hour for it to be opened up due to new slide activity. She sent these photos of that trip:
Attached are the releases for the convoy this Thursday 5/18 as well as the one scheduled for tomorrow 5/16:
Today’s Date: Monday, May 15, 2017
District: 05 – Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties
Contact: Susana Z Cruz (bilingual) or Jim Shivers
Phone: (805) 549-3138 or 549-3237
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CALTRANS ANNOUNCES NEXT CONVOY TO PFEIFFER CANYON BRIDGE
MONTEREY COUNTY – Caltrans will continue the process of delivering construction equipment and materials to the site of the demolished Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on State Route 1 via Nacimiento-Fergusson Road from US Highway 101 on Thursday, May 18.
These convoys will be escorted by the California Highway Patrol and will include full closures of Nacimiento-Fergusson Road beginning at 8 am. Motorists wishing to travel westbound should do so before the convoy begins. Motorists wishing to travel eastbound towards US Highway 101 will be held at State Route 1 until the convoy passes.
This convoy will include two concrete boom pumps, two mobile mixers and a Vactor truck. This equipment will be used to construct concrete abutments for the new bridge.
The steel girders for the new bridge are currently being fabricated at a plant in Vallejo, CA. The girders will then be moved to a plant near Stockton for painting before they are shipped to the Pfeiffer Canyon site. This $24 million project is expected to be open to the public in mid to late September.
Caltrans reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through highway work zones.
For more information on this project and for traffic updates on other Caltrans projects in Monterey County, residents can call the District 5 toll free number
at 1-831-423-0396 or can visit our website at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/paffairs/release.htm#mon
Jim Shivers
Caltrans District 5
Public Information Office
