Highway 1 in Monterey County to reopen a week earlier following extensive repairs

An area of Big Sur’s coastal highway will reopen a week earlier than scheduled on Friday following repairs to a section that previously fell into the ocean nearly two months ago. 

The repairs in Big Sur were required following a March 30 rockslide off Highway 1 south of the Rocky Creek Bridge. At the time, approximately 6 feet of the pavement and a portion of a retaining wall that supported the highway fell to the ocean about 170 feet below, leaving the southbound lane impassable.