California's Scenic Highway 1 Has Finally Re-Opened So Gas Up The Car And Get Roadtripping

What was called the “Mother of all Landslides,” last May a quarter-mile section of Highway 1 in California was destroyed by a weekend landslide. The landslide had a dramatic effect on the highway, leaving six million cubic yards of debris replaced and creating 2,400-feet of new shoreline. As a result, it’s taken the last 14 months to rebuild this small stretch of the scenic highway.

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Costing over $50 million to repair and reconstruct, the quarter-mile section of the highway known as Mud Creek has opened two days ahead of schedule. After dealing with dreadful inland detours between Caramel and San Luis Obispo, travelers can now get back to enjoying this scenic highway the way it’s meant to be. While the section of Highway 1 is officially open, the California Department of Transportation has announced that construction will still be going on at certain times, resulting in one-way traffic on this area of the highway.

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