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Tag: Big Sur

The Pacific Coast Highway, a Mythic Route Always in Need of Repair – the New York Times

Pacific Coast Highway, Big Sur to Morro Bay (by lamblukas CC BY 2.0 via Flickr)

The highway embodies the California promise of freedom. But it keeps breaking. A recent trip along the roadway revealed the frustrations of many residents.

The Precarious Future of Big Sur’s Highway 1 – the New Yorker

Big Sur, California, June 1, 2013 (by Henrique Pinto, CC0 1.0 DEED (public domain), via Flickr).

How climate change is threatening one of the country’s most famous roadways..

Why Highway 1 is the climate challenge that California can’t fix – the Washington Times

Bixby Bridge from Above - Highway 1, Big Sur, CA (by Daniel Peckham CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

It is beloved by Big Sur road trippers and is vital for local businesses. But intense storms, slides and fires imperil this highway. What does the future hold?

Why Highway 1 Near Big Sur Is Always Collapsing Into The Ocean – LAist

Pacific Coast Highway - Route 1 - California (by faungg's photos CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

About 2,000 motorists, mostly tourists, were stuck in the area on Saturday night after a section of Highway 1 fell into the ocean. No injuries were reported….

Travelers Stranded by Highway Collapse Begin to Leave Big Sur – the New York Times

A section of the Pacific Coast Highway falls into the ocean on the Big Sur Coast south of the Rocky Creek Bridge (Courtesy of Caltrans District 5, public domain via X).

About 2,000 motorists, mostly tourists, were stuck in the area on Saturday night after a section of Highway 1 fell into the ocean. No injuries were reported….

California’s Highway 1 road conditions will only get riskier, experts say – the Guardian

Failure on Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast south of the Rocky Creek Bridge (Courtesy of Caltrans District 5, public domain via X).

Chunk of famed route crumbled into sea causing another closure, and conditions are expected to only worsen with climate crisis…

California’s Pacific highway is beautiful, famous … and collapsing – the Times, UK

California Coast Highway 1 remains closed on the Big Sur Coast due to a slip out of the road just south of the Rocky Creek Bridge (Courtesy of Caltrans District 5, public domain via X).

2,000 people were stranded recently when a chunk of Highway 1 fell into the sea near Big Sur. The solution may lurk in an unlikely place: Yorkshire…

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