Monterey County, CA -- After several landslides and a slip-away kept Highway 1 closed at one place or another since March 16, Caltrans expects to reopen the highway by Friday at the latest slide site, eight miles north of the Monterey County line. A massive landslide closed the road at that spot April 14. The slide resulted in a $5 million project to remove a hillside’s worth of rock and dirt.

Drivers, bicyclists and hardy pedestrians will be able to traverse the scenic, cliff-hugging route between Cambria and Carmel for the first time in nearly three months. It also means Big Sur residents will once again be able to come south to do their shopping, make doctor’s appointments and run other errands.

There will still be some slow-down areas where work is continuing along the route, including at Rocky Creek at the north end of Big Sur with a stoplight reversing one-way traffic.