CalTrans

Many Big Sur residents are frustrated. Eleven miles of Highway 1 remains closed, as Caltrans continues cleanup from the storms in January. The closures have disrupted the lives of many Big Sur locals, causing issues with getting to work, taking kids to school, and receiving services like trash pick up.

Highway 1 in Big Sur will reopen Friday, two months ahead of Caltrans’ schedule. A section of the roadway at Rat Creek has been closed since late…

Highway 1 is scheduled to reopen early this summer. A section of the road on Big Sur’s south coast is closed after a debris flow washed out both lanes.…

The powerful storm that caused outages, flooding and mudflows also washed out part of Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast. Caltrans crews and emergency…

There’s a mountain side on the south coast of Big Sur that has been slowly slipping. Known as Paul’s Slide, it drops rocks, dirt and mud onto Highway 1.…

Update: As of 12:00pm on Friday, November 30, Highway 1 is back open at Paul's Slide and Mud Creek. With heavy rain comes the threat of mudslides. So with…

This weekend will be the first in more than a year that Highway 1 is completely open through Big Sur. That will bring even more tourist traffic and…

Starting Wednesday morning, you can drive all the way through Big Sur on Highway 1. A portion of the road has been closed for more than a year. A massive…

Highway 1 at Mud Creek will open sooner than expected. The road just south of Gorda was wiped out by a massive landslide in May of 2017. CalTrans moved up…

Recent safety improvements on Highway 101 through Prunedale have led to the expansion of protected land in the Elkhorn Slough, just off the coast near…