"The first shutdown came in January 2023 when a series of powerful atmospheric rivers triggered a major landslide. The highway was buried again the following year during another wet winter, when a lane also collapsed down a cliff near the Rocky Creek Bridge. The traffic stoppage between Carmel and Cambria cut off access to Big Sur, an isolated stretch of the state's central coast where misty, forested mountains rise up from the ocean."
"The reopening around midday came three months ahead of schedule, and business owners say that should give travelers plenty of time to plan their spring and summer road trips. "Today is a monumental milestone for us," said a relieved Colin Twohig, general manager of the Big Sur River Inn. "We're hitting the light at the end of the tunnel after three long years.""
A 90-mile section of California's Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast reopened midday after three years of closures and repairs. The reopening arrived three months ahead of schedule and should allow travelers to plan spring and summer road trips. Local businesses experienced declines during the closure, and Colin Twohig, general manager of the Big Sur River Inn, described the reopening as a monumental milestone. Closures began in January 2023 when atmospheric rivers triggered a major landslide, and renewed winter damage later caused a lane to collapse near the Rocky Creek Bridge. The closure forced an eight-hour inland detour between Carmel and Cambria, isolating the small community of fewer than 2,000 residents known for hiking, cliffs, beaches, wildlife, and a library devoted to Henry Miller.
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