Caltrans Highway 1 in Big Sur will reopen Friday, two months ahead of Caltrans’ schedule. A section of the roadway at Rat Creek has been closed since late January. It was back on January 28, during a powerful rainstorm, that a debris flow from land burned in the 2020 Dolan Fire washed out both lanes of Highway 1 at Rat Creek. A combination of water, boulder and trees overwhelmed the road’s drainage infrastructure. By the time the storm passed, a 150 ft. chunk of the scenic highway was missing. Construction crews have been on the job seven days a week since the storm, according to Caltrans Public Information Officer Kevin Drabinski. He describes the repair work as an “amazing ballet.”