USA news A huge piece of California's Highway 1 near Big Sur collapsed into the ocean
A highway patrol officer was in the area when he noticed a massive section of road had just disappeared.
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A highway patrol officer was in the area when he noticed a massive section of road had just disappeared.
Canyon News BIG SUR, CA—Heavy rain and snow plowed throughout the southern California region on Friday, January 28 causing a piece of Highway 1 to collapse into the Pacific Ocean. According to reports from officials at the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), flow debris from the hillside above the highway “overwhelmed drainage infrastructure, flowed across the highway, and eroded the road resulting in the complete loss of a segment of Highway 1 at Rat Creek, about 15 miles south of Big Sur.” Officer John Yerace said that “this section of roadway, specifically the so...
A section of Highway 1 in California is closed after part of the road crumbled and fell into the Pacific Ocean this week, according to the state's transportation agency.
January 30, 2021 Wintry weather to stretch coast to coast, with snow in Hawaii, mudslides in California and a major storm heading east. SHOW TRANSCRIPT "I was in the area when I noticed this section of roadway, specifically the southbound lane had fallen off towards the ocean," said California Highway Patrol officer John Yerace. "This used to be a scenic part of highway one along California’s Central Coast. The roadway is now gone." This massive crater used to be a scenic part of Highway One along California's central coast. "The roadway is now gone," Yerace said. Back-to-back winter st...
Wipe out! Incredible drone footage captures huge CRATER on California's iconic Highway One near Big Sur after landslide washes road away A massive landslide washed away a large chunk of Highway One into the ocean near Big Sur on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning Drone footage captured the aftermath in Monterey County near Rat Creek with both the north and southbound road missing No one was injured after highway officials closed the road earlier in anticipation of collapses The road is closed indefinitely whilst highway officials assess the damage The area is prone to big mudslides, in...