Work continues to stabilize Highway 1 in Big Sur along the coast of California, where a chunk of the lane along the cliff collapsed into the Pacific Ocean March 30 after a rainstorm. Engineers are discussing a permanent fix, with a viaduct as the likely solution.
The famed stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway has been closed to all but convoy traffic in the Rocky Creek area, about 13 miles south of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Caltrans hired Teichert Construction for the temporary stabilization, which involves drilling, installing and grouting vertical rock dowels through the southbound lane pavement adjacent to the existing west edge of the roadway. Once horizontal reinforcing dowels also are in place, crews will install reinforced shotcrete in the vertical face of the repair to help stabilize the roadway.