Category: Road Conditions

*IMPORTANT NOTICE OF OVERNIGHT CLOSURES AT PITKINS CURVE/RAIN ROCKS

Today’s Date: Thursday, November 21, 2013
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 549-3189
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HIGHWAY 1/PITKINS CURVE BRIDGE AND ROCKSHED PROJECT—THREE OVERNIGHT CLOSURES STARTING SUNDAY, NOV. 24

MONTEREY COUNTY — The Highway 1 Bridge and Rockshed at Pitkin’s Curve (post-mile 21.5) will be closing for three nights, starting Sunday, Nov. 24, Caltrans officials announced today.

Overnight work hours/closures will be from 10 pm to 6 am Sunday night Nov. 24, Monday, Nov. 25, and Tuesday, Nov. 26 (opening on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 6 am)

A full closure is needed to allow for the installation of the bridge joint seal assemblies. Only emergency vehicles will be allowed through. Flaggers will be present at each end of the project enforcing the closure. Detour consists of using Hwy. 46/Hwy. 101/Hwy. 68.

The ¼ – mile project limits extends from just north of Limekiln Creek Bridge to south of Lucia. The project includes a rockshed, a bridge, and a retaining wall.

“We are excited to see this project approaching completion,” said Caltrans District 5 Director Tim Gubbins. The entire project is scheduled to be completed in January, weather permitting.

Pitkins/Rain Rocks, early photos

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Those were taken in 2011, I think, when the project first started. The next one was taken about 10 years ago, just south of the current rock shed. This should be fun!

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So, I’ll be interested in seeing what a good El Niño year does. Not this year, as it is “El Niño neutral” at least thru next spring according to NOAA.

Pitkins Curve/Rockshed Project

HIGHWAY 1/PITKINS CURVE BRIDGE AND ROCKSHED PROJECT—NEARING COMPLETION

MONTEREY COUNTY — Highway 1 Bridge and Rockshed at Pitkins Curve (post-mile 21.5) is nearing completion, Caltrans officials announced today.

The ¼ – mile project limits extends from just north of Limekiln Creek Bridge to south of Lucia. The project includes a rockshed, a bridge, and a retaining wall.

Some of the most significant benefits of this project include:
The project will severely reduce motorists’ encounters with a falling rock and/or a land slide.
The project should greatly reduce any period of closure of the highway at this location due to a major slide.
The cost of maintaining this stretch of highway will be greatly reduced as a result of this project.
The ride will be much more pleasant than it was before (smoother ride, unique structures, more impressive view).

“We are excited to see this project approaching completion,” said District 5 Director Tim Gubbins. The entire project is scheduled to be completed in January, weather permitting.

The contractor for this $29.5 million project is Golden State Bridge Inc. of Martinez, CA.

Road closed by mud slide

1:00 pm – the incident has been removed from the dispatch log.

12:45 pm – Road just closed south of Gorda … Both lanes due to rock/mud slide according to CHP website. I only got .17″ so probably not bad, but no eyewitness reports, yet.

Heavy Truck Traffic on Highway One

Today’s Date: Friday, October 18, 2013
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 549-3189

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT INCREASED TRUCK TRAFFIC ALONG HIGHWAY 1 IN MONTEREY COUNTY BEGINNING NEXT WEEK

MONTEREY COUNTY – In preparation for the winter storm season, crews with heavy trucks will be hauling stored material along Highway 1 from Fullers Stockpile, just north of Torre Canyon Bridge, to the Willow Springs Maintenance Yard, just north of Gorda starting Monday, October 21.

Roadwork hours are Monday through Friday from 7 am to 3:30 pm. Motorists can expect a delay not to exceed 10 minutes. Work is expected to be completed by mid-November, weather permitting.

Heavy truck traffic and crossing can be expected, especially around Fullers Stockpile, Vicente Creek and the Willow Creek Stockpile. Road work signs will be posted at all locations alerting motorists of extra truck traffic. Some of the material will be used for shoulder improvements in the Willow Springs area, and the rest of the material will be hauled off to the Willow Creek Stockpile area.

The contractor for this $208,000 project is Whitaker Construction of Paso Robles.

Highway One road work

NORTHBOUND HIGHWAY 1 ONE-DAY SLOPE MAINTENANCE WORK NEAR CARMEL THIS WEDNESDAY

MONTEREY COUNTY – A one-day slope maintenance repair project for winter preparation on northbound Highway 1, six miles north of Rocky Creek, between Malpaso Creek and Garrapata Bridge near Carmel will take place on Wednesday, September 25, Caltrans officials have announced.

Roadwork hours are from 9 am to 2 pm and will include consist of one-way reversing traffic control with flaggers. Motorists can expect a delay not to exceed 10 minutes.

This roadwork is being performed by the Caltrans Monterey Maintenance Team as a safety precaution to provide motorists and cyclists a safer route to travel. This slope maintenance work is part of Caltrans’ winter preparation.

Highway One conditions for the next week or so …

First, I apologize for the lateness of this, but yesterday nothing worked.

Best Buddies is tomorrow, Sat. Sept 7.

10th ANNUAL BEST BUDDIES CHALLENGE BICYCLE RIDE COMES TO THE CENTRAL COAST THIS SATURDAY

CENTRAL COAST –The 10th Annual Best Buddies Challenge bicycle ride will use portions of Highway 1 beginning in Carmel in Monterey County and ending in San Simeon in San Luis Obispo County this Saturday, September 7.

Traffic control set-up begins at 6 am and consists of rolling closures by the California Highway Patrol. In addition, Changeable Message Signs will be posted alerting motorists to ‘Share the Road’ with cyclists. Up to 15 minute delays can be anticipated.

The bike ride will begin at 7 am at Carmel Valley Road in Carmel. All riders will be off the road and event will conclude by 4 pm at Hearst Castle on San Simeon Road in San Simeon.
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And on FHL:
Construction to slow traffic on Mission Road

Beginning Monday, Sept. 9, construction work will close one lane of Mission Road at times between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The project, between the Checkpoint Charlie curve, where the 40-mph zone begins, and the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road turnoff, will last several weeks. The contractor will be repairing the roadway and shoulder, repaving and widening the lanes.

Mission Road connects U.S. 101 via Jolon Road to both Nacimiento-Fergusson, the only paved road across the Santa Lucia Mountains from US 101 to Big Sur between Cambria and Carmel, and Del Venturi Road, which leads to several U.S. Forest Service campgrounds and recreation areas.
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HIGHWAY 1 ONE-DAY PAVEMENT REPAIR AT TWO LOCATIONS NEXT WEEK NEAR CARMEL AND CARMEL HIGHLANDS

MONTEREY COUNTY – Two one-day pavement repairs on Highway 1 will take place next Tuesday, September 10 and Wednesday, September 11 at the following locations:

· Tuesday, Sept. 10: On southbound Hwy. 1 at Ribera Road near Carmel;
· Wednesday, Sept. 11: On southbound Hwy. 1 between Yankee Point Drive and
Mal Paso Road near Carmel Highlands

Roadwork hours are from 9 am to 2 pm each day. Work consists of one-way reversing traffic control with flagging. Up to 10-minute delays can be anticipated.
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HIGHWAY 1/ROCKY CREEK VIADUCT PROJECT CONTINUES WITH DAYTIME ROADWORK AND INTERMITTENT OVERNIGHT CLOSURES

Daytime roadwork on Highway 1 at Rocky Creek continues next week from 7 am to 5 pm Monday, Sept. 9 through Friday, Sept. 13, with 10-minute delays as needed.

NOTE: There will be NO OVERNIGHT CLOSURES OR NIGHT ROADWORK next week (Sunday, Sept. 8 through Thursday, Sept. 12).

ADVANCED TENTATIVE NOTIFICATION: THERE WILL BE TWO OVERNIGHT FULL CLOSURES: Monday, Sept. 16 and Tuesday, Sept. 17—from 9 pm to 7 am to pour the east side of the viaduct deck. Tuesday night’s full closure may not be necessary. Caltrans will send an update as soon as confirmation is received either way.

Work being performed next week consists of delivering materials and doing false work and bridge deck set-up.

And that is what we have in store for the motoring public.

High Speed Chase

6:15 pm – woman stopped, and subsequently arrested, in Morro Bay after spike strips laid down on highway one.

4:55 pm – passed the county line.

FROM KSBW-
100-mph high speed chase from Marina to Big Sur

Published On: Jul 02 2013 04:14:10 PM PDT
Updated On: Jul 02 2013 04:36:55 PM PDT

MARINA, Calif. –
A high speed chase was set off in Marina Tuesday when a woman driving a white Jeep refused to pull over and zoomed 100-mph on Highway 1 and Highway 68.

The chase started at 3:05 p.m. and was still going at 4:30 p.m.

With California Highway Patrol officers racing behind her and a CHP helicopter flying overhead, the women drove up Del Monte Boulevard, Highway 1, Blanco Road, and Reservation Road. She then drove westbound along Highway 68 to Monterey, and continued on Highway 1 through Carmel and Big Sur.

The high speed pursuit was nearing the San Louis Obispo county line at 4:30 p.m.

CHP officer Robert Lehman said investigators do not know why she fled, nor why she was driving erratically around Marina before the chase began.

Emergency dispatchers said the Jeep was registered to a Marina woman named Kathleen Palmer.

Auto Accident

One car, right around Plaskett Ridge Rd. managed to get itself stuck up an embankment, partially blocking southbound lane.

Detail Information
4:32 PM 12 [27] A27-014 1148 2 MALES 1 X TO LOS PADRES FIRE PACIFIC VALLEY BM 138 WILL 1021 HERTZ F/ANOTHER RENTAL
4:19 PM 11 [26] 1039 CAMBRIA 1020
3:41 PM 10 [20] 1039 CAMBRIA ETA 90 MINS
3:38 PM 9 [18] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 CAMBRIA TOW 805-927-4357
3:37 PM 8 [17] PARTIALLY BLOCKING SB LANE
3:36 PM 7 [16] [Notification] [CHP]-[15] CKING FOR 1185 W/LOS PADRES FIRE
3:36 PM 6 [15] CKING FOR 1185 W/LOS PADRES FIRE
3:36 PM 5 [14] 14 CPZ ALL 1185
3:35 PM 4 [12] 14 INQ IF EQUIP STILL ROLLING AND WILL 1185 BE NEEDED
3:35 PM 3 [11] [Notification] [CHP]-[10] FIRE 1097 / 1182 / BLOCKING
3:35 PM 2 [10] FIRE 1097 / 1182 / BLOCKING
3:31 PM 1 [5] [Notification] [CHP]-MTY COMM TOOK ANOTHER CALL ADVS 1182 30 MILES JNO HEARST CASTLE SIL SUV STUCK ON EMBANKMENT NEAR TREE

WildCAD says this is by Plaskett Ridge Rd. LPNF sure has been busy this afternoon!

Accident closes Highway One temporarily

Around 4:00 pm this afternoon, a local truck which landed upside down on Highway One, just north of Lucia, closed both lanes of traffic for a period of time. The truck was up at Morning Glory Ranch and rolled or slid off the road. Unconfirmed reports were that one person was trapped inside. The photo seems to indicate that may not be correct. in any event, confirmed reports indicate no one was hurt, thank goodness.

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Photos by Brendon Shave