Tag: highway 1

The Tribune » As Caltrans workers and private contractors work seven days a week to rebuild Highway 1 at Mud Creek, they’ve learned to watch for water coming at them from two directions: the surf below and the sky above.
Los Angeles Times » Ever since May, when a near-vertical slope of mountain collapsed at a place called Mud Creek, teams of geologists and engineers have clawed over rocks and boulders, through brush and chaparral, to come up with a plan for reconnecting Big Sur’s severed coastal artery.
Equipment World’s Better Roads » A 49-year-old concrete bridge in the Big Sur community of California that collapsed from a landslide has been replaced after eight months, the state’s department of transportation reports. Caltrans used accelerate bridge construction for the first time to build the new State Route 1 Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge.
San Luis Obispo Tribune » After an eight-month wait, Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge in Big Sur finally reopened on Friday.
KSWB » The Highway 1 project, is set to open Friday, Caltrans says.
KSBY 6 » The California Highway Patrol is helping Caltrans to rebuild the closed costal roadway by providing aerial shots of the affected area. Here’s a photo unlike any you’ve seen before.