Tag: Transportation Department (Calif)

Big Sur Urged to Evacuate as Another Storm Approaches

California officials temporarily shut down part of Highway 1 on Wednesday and warned residents to evacuate one of the nation’s most scenic coastal stretches as an incoming bout of spring rain threatened to worsen a road collapse near Big Sur. The emergency orders, issued by the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office and the California Department of […]

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California Highway 1 Collapse Leaves 2,000 Tourists Stranded

A portion of Highway 1 in the Big Sur area of California collapsed over the weekend, stranding about 2,000 motorists, most of them tourists, overnight. Officials with the California Department of Transportation said on the X platform that a section of the highway, from Lime Creek to the north and Limekiln to the south, would […]

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