Prue Corella

Big Sur Highway 1 Collapse 2025. Stabilization efforts are expected to begin this week on a stretch of highway 1 in big sur where a portion of the roadway crumbled into the ocean last month — temporarily stranding tourists. Driving up california's iconic highway 1 near lucia will require a detour through at least 2025 as repairs were recently delayed because of new landslide movement.

A bridge collapse and a mudslide on highway 1 in 2017 left one section of big sur accessible only by foot for eight months. “highway 1 sits at the edge of a continent on a rapidly changing planet, and this route is no stranger to closures and emergency repairs,” caltrans spokesperson jim shivers.