Big Sur HWY 1 Closed

[super doody]

Looks like HWY 1 south of the Big Sur bridge will be closed for a while:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/See-the-Big-Sur-bridge-that-s-cracked-and-10951909.php


Basically the entire HWY from Big Sur Bridge to Rugged Point is currently closed including Hunter Ligget Road. We have reservations at Plaskett Creek for the middle of March for my BD.

Hopefully, the locals are okay and the Hunter Ligget will be opened soon.

 

[Rockcod]

Wow, makes me wonder how many secondary and National Forest roads will just be closed for lack of funds to repair. When this weather lets up there will be more damage to be found, pretty sure of that.

 

[ski3pin]

Thanks for the link, super doody. This will be well worth watching as they plan and build a replacement.

 

[Tuff Guy 62]

Highway 1 will be closed for quite a while.

 

[billharr]

Not a good year for any roads in CA.

 

[smlobx]

Highway 1 will be closed for quite a while.

I agree. That's going to take more than 6 months to rebuild. The engineering could easily take that long...

 

[kmcintyre]

If that was Idaho, it'd take them 2+ years to replace it regardless if it was the only bridge into town or not.
It does make you wonder (or not) when you cross those bridges across large spans though.

 

[Gussie]

From CalTran's QuickMap app, it appears that the Pfeiffer Cyn Bridge is closed for all of 2017. But the rest of it is expected to be open by March 20, which means that the Nacimiento Pass Road should provide "easy" access to Hwy 1 south of Pfeiffer.

Northbound / Southbound 1 Full Closure
At Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge (Post Mile 45.5)
Due to Bridge Work
Expected to end at 6:01pm Dec 31, 2017

At Paul's Slide (Post Mile 21.60)
Due to Slide Removal
Expected to end at 6:01pm Mar 20, 2017

At Salmon Creek (Post Mile 3.50)
Due to Slide Removal
Expected to end at 6:01pm Mar 20, 2017

At Ragged Point Inn (Post Mile 72.9)
Due to Slide Removal
Expected to end at 6:01pm Mar 20, 2017

Last updated: 03/12/2017 8:14AM

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

I would make calls to the Big Sur area before traveling there.
There is still a lot of road damage to fix even to get to Big Sur from the north.
Frank

 

[ntsqd]

The latest pics of the bridge show that crack on the underside has gotten worse.

From: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/...ms-close-four-Big-10983514.php#photo-12448388
Link has some good pics of some or all of the slides CT has to deal with or has delt with.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

The wrecking ball should be working as I type this post,to take down the bridge today.
Frank

 

[ntsqd]

Wrecking ball didn't seem to work: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Demolition-delayed-on-California-s-crumbling-Big-10999361.php

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Wrecking ball didn't seem to work: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Demolition-delayed-on-California-s-crumbling-Big-10999361.php

This wrecking ball thing seems like a big joke.
Computer on board safety feature won't let the ball drop.
Didn't these engineers know this beforehand?
Frank

 

[ntsqd]

Classic case of OSHA type rules making the work not only more difficult but sometimes also more dangerous. It's the unanticipated ripple of new ideas/rules/methods/system(s) that always bite you.Likely no one asked the guys who actually use the equipment if this was a good idea, and any sort of built-in by-pass is automatically assumed will be abused. Probably rightly so, but never the less it sure bit this time. Now they're going to have to disable the system, if they can, just to do work that should have been easy.

My guess is one "slippage" with catastrophic consequences drove that likely hasty implementation.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

I don't know why they just "blow up" the bridge.
Or at least use one of those huge jackhammer machines
and the thing will come down to where they want it.

Oh well it's someone else who has to do the work.
But all this delay just lengthens the finish date.
Frank

 

[ntsqd]

It's down.
http://www.kcra.com/article/caltrans-demolishes-big-sur-bridge/9152581

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Yes they have made some good progress. Not sure how they will take down "section 3"the south side,can't reach that far and can't bring a machine up from the south yet.
It's very interesting to watch the reports.
Frank

 

[Cayuse]

Looks like it's going to be close for awhile longer after this happened over the weekend...

Full story here

 

[ski3pin]

That is a spectacular landslide!

 

[Foy]

I'd say that's a classic "slump", right out of a geomorphology textbook. Geology in action!