Hwy 1 at Rat Creek along Big Sur coast now open
Caltrans
A debris flow washed out a section of Highway 1 at Rat Creek. Photo taken Jan. 29, 2021.
By:
KSBY Staff
and last updated 2021-04-23 18:37:09-04
Highway 1 at Rat Creek in the Big Sur area reopened to traffic Friday.
It's been closed since a debris flow washed away about 150 feet of the roadway during a heavy rainstorm on January 28.
KSBY
A line of vehicles waits to cross the newly-reconstructed section of Highway 1 at Rat Creek on Friday, April 23, 2021.
Road construction crews rebuilt the section of highway by filling the canyon with 45,000 cubic yards of dirt in a triangle shape and laying a new roadway on top.