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40-Mile Stretch of Highway 1 Closed Due to Rock Slide at Ragged Point
KSBW ^ | Oct 27, 2021 | Cristal Hamer

Posted on 10/27/2021 10:57:07 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Caltrans is on the scene of a rock slide on Highway 1 at Ragged Point in San Luis Obispo County.

The slide has closed off a 40-mile stretch of Highway 1 stretching from just north of Ragged Point Inn to Fullers Point, just south of Deetjen's Big Sur Inn.

"[The rock slide] doesn't look too bad by Big Sur standards," said the Big Sur Chamber of Commerce in an email.

(Excerpt) Read more at ksbw.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Travel
KEYWORDS: bigsur; centralcoast; highway1
I wonder when the last time Highway 1 went a year without a significant blockage?
1 posted on 10/27/2021 10:57:07 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I wonder too.... Beautiful drive


2 posted on 10/27/2021 10:58:56 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: nickcarraway

Is this near the place with the $8/gal gasoline?

“Sorry, folks, it’s $12 a gallon until further notice - now, excuse me, I have a rockslide to start...”


3 posted on 10/27/2021 11:00:09 AM PDT by decal (MOLON JABE)
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To: nickcarraway

I just thought of Ragged Point last night when thinking about all the rain California is getting. ragged Point’s highway area is so prone to mudslides. It’s beautiful there but frightening, too.


4 posted on 10/27/2021 11:02:38 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Like everything in CA, it’s a beautiful mess.


5 posted on 10/27/2021 11:03:52 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: decal

It’s about 11 miles South. So now it’s probably an 124 miles drive not 11 miles.


6 posted on 10/27/2021 11:05:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: decal

Last time I drove the coastal highway, gas was $0.28 per gallon and you could drive a couple of miles without seeing another car...


7 posted on 10/27/2021 11:19:32 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: al baby

The Ragged Point Inn is worth a stop to take photos, walk trails, eat a bite.


8 posted on 10/27/2021 11:27:14 AM PDT by cnsmom
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“The Ragged Point Inn is worth a stop to take photos, walk trails, eat a bite.”

Looked it up. Saw set of pictures. Nice place, especially if it includes the bed with the lady lying on it.


9 posted on 10/27/2021 11:32:57 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Beowulf9

Somewhere out there, a road grader is buried under tons of mud. The driver was also interred with the road grader in a late 90s mudslide.


10 posted on 10/27/2021 12:20:05 PM PDT by Does so (DC: "The Chinese city on top of a hill".)
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To: nickcarraway
Last time I drove it, the significant blockage was some dumb broad that seemed terrified by the road, creeping around every corner. Refused to pull over, and there are no passing zones.

Now, I would just have zapped by when I thought it was clear, not suffered through all that time stuck behind her.

No, you cannot enjoy the view if the car in front of you keeps spasmodically hitting the brakes.

11 posted on 10/27/2021 12:48:54 PM PDT by doorgunner69 ("Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.." -Joseph Stalin)
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To: al baby

“Beautiful drive”. I agree, My wife and I have driven from LA to Frisco twice in the the last few years in my convertible GT Mustang. As pretty as any drive in the world IMHO.


12 posted on 10/27/2021 1:42:12 PM PDT by Shark24
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To: Beowulf9

Speaking of Mudslides what is Butt boy doing about this Im sure it is Transportation related


13 posted on 10/27/2021 2:16:33 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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