Storm Damaged Portion Of California s Highway 1 To Reopen April 23 forbes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from forbes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Feds’ Scenic Byways Program Has Given a Lift to Small Businesses Across the U.S.
Apr 20, 2021
Photo: Ragged Point along Highway 1 in northern San Luis Obispo County, California; this is one of several scenic byways that the Federal Highway Administration has marked as an “All-American Road.” (Photo credit: Leon Kaye)
As the U.S. embarks on a fitful reopening this summer, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently dangled its own economic stimulus package to many small businesses, just in time for the spring and summer.
The gift from the FHWA comes in the form of the designation of dozens of scenic byways as “America’s Byways” across the country. Announced in February, the news first came in the dead of winter and while the future of mass vaccination was still in doubt. But as the numbers of citizens who are partially or fully vaccinated keep climbing, more Americans are ready to break free of their cabin fever – they may just not quite be ready to fly w
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Caltrans
After assessing the damage, removing debris and making minor repairs, Caltrans will reconnect
the roadway at Rat Creek
with an enhanced fill option.
Caltrans announced that major emergency repairs of Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast at Rat Creek have begun and that it estimates it will reopen the famed roadway early this summer.
Debris flow from the Dolan Fire burn scar washed out a 150-ft. section of roadway on Jan. 28, causing a full closure.
Caltrans estimates the repairs will cost $11.5 million, including $5 million in ongoing emergency repairs north of Rat Creek. The contractor is Papich Construction of Arroyo Grande.
One of the world s most famous road trips is in peril like never before stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A road like no other, in peril like never before
Scott Wilson, The Washington Post
Feb. 27, 2021
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GORDA, Calif. - Life here in this tiny town built on the continent-ending cliffs of the Pacific coast has always had an anxious when, not if, quality to it. And much of that uncertain fate, season to season and year to year, has been tied to the two-lane road that runs through it.
Highway 1 is a California spectacle, a Depression-era monument to the state s quixotic ambitions and stunning beauty. It runs from the Orange County surf haven of Dana Point in the south into cannabis-cultivating Mendocino County, carrying heavy traffic over the Golden Gate Bridge and under the bluffs of Santa Monica, where it is better known as the Pacific Coast Highway, on its 650-mile route.