The subsequent stage of repairs to stabilize the Rocky Creek Bridge “slip-out” on Freeway 1 in Huge Sur will once more shut the two-lane street, however the closures will happen solely in a single day, California Division of Transportation officers introduced this week.
Starting Monday, the broken part of the roadway about 12 miles south of Carmel will partly shut every evening from 9 p.m. to six a.m., with visitors anticipated to be delayed as much as one hour, Caltrans stated in an replace. That work will proceed via Thursday, July 25.
“Crews will use these partial closures to re-position the prevailing Okay-rail and place short-term striping to permit for building actions within the southbound lane,” Caltrans officers stated.
The next week, from July 28 via Aug. 1, the street will totally shut from 9 p.m. via 6 a.m. for restore work, Caltrans officers stated. Additional closures are anticipated to be intermittently needed after that week, officers stated.
No in a single day work is scheduled for Friday or Saturday nights, the company stated.
On March 30, a portion of Freeway 1’s southbound lane collapsed throughout heavy rains, sending the roadway crumbling into the ocean. The slip-out initially closed that part of the freeway for weeks.
A single lane of the broken stretch was reopened to the general public in mid-Might, with automobiles taking turns heading in reverse instructions through an alternating visitors sign.
To reopen each lanes, vital work continues to be needed. Caltrans officers stated the mandatory repairs are anticipated to be full subsequent summer time.
In the meantime, different broken sections of Freeway 1 have been closed since January 2023. About 30 miles south of the Rocky Creek slip-out, a string of landslides — together with one this winter — closed a stretch of the roadway close to Lucia. That closure begins close to Limekiln State Park from the south.
Kevin Drabinski, a spokesperson for Caltrans, stated work on Regent’s Slide, the most important of the landslides that closed this part of roadway, is ongoing.
Caltrans hopes to have the ability to reopen that southern stretch by late fall, Drabinski stated final month.
