UPDATE 6:40 p.m. Monday] Hwy 101 Cleared of Slide; Set to Open This Evening
Caltrans Facebook post,
According to a Quick photo update from U.S. 101 north of Leggett, taken at about 5:00 AM this morning. Still a lot of work still to do for safety, such as installing the rockfall fence, but the roadway is clear!
Still on schedule to reopen by 6 PM today.
See last night’s update with more information from Caltrans here.
UPDATE 6:40 p.m. Monday: 101 Is Open! Traffic Is Moving Through the Slide Area
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With this rain??
Yippee!! At least we don’t have to do a 7 hour detour! Thank you CalTrans!!
Maybe the next one will be bigger.
Thank you! Great job Caltrans!
With all that weight, amazing the road didn’t get trashed. ‘Tip your mug’ to Caltrans !!!!! Beer can make it here safely, now……….:)
, thank you Caltrans for all you do great job
Yay!!
Thanks Kym
It’s been a heck of a ‘winter’!
We dug up what looked like a leak from my water line yesterday. Turns out it’s just a new spring/ water surfacing.
On target to be the wettest winter on record. Our environment has been tested.
Glad the roads are still (usually) passable.
Wettest winter on record? I seen wetter.
Was told (in March) by one ‘lifer’ in So Hum that this was soon to be “the wettest”.
My neighbor who has measured rain for 35 years said this is inches from breaking the wettest she’s measured.
Maybe back in the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s there was more? I recall in the 70’s people saying the ‘average was 100 inches per year’ in So Hum.
What years were wetter, Scooter? And by what measure do you make the comparison?
By alternative facts and fake news. The probably will wind up the wettest rainy season on record. Rainy season runs from approximately November to May. So it ain’t over, yet.
Hi there,
Does this mean that the piercy to legget stretch of 101 is open? Planning on cycling there in the next two weeks.
It is set to open this evening but it has not yet opened.
Thank You
Any confirmation yet on if it will for sure be open at 6pm?
https://kymkemp.com/2017/04/24/101-is-open-traffic-is-moving-through-the-slide-area/
It’s open. https://kymkemp.com/2017/04/24/101-is-open-traffic-is-moving-through-the-slide-area/
It’s open now. We just drove through.
Yes it was like the winter’s we had when i young 125 inches was normal
At least Cal-trans is trying!!yay Thank you!!🚗please drive safely,not just for you but the other drivers on the road too!!
Wish more people thought like you, about the “other guy” on the road. Respect goes a long way when it comes to safe driving. Disrespect and arrogance lead to problems.
Great news! And thanks for all the updates, Kym – they’ve been really helpful.
Yay CalTrans!!! Thank you so much.
As of this minute (4:40 pm 4/24) friend at the Peg House eating a “Mookie” — mmmmmm — waiting and hoping for road opening predicted for 6 pm. About 25 cars lined up so far…. if/when he gets through I’ll post again.
Thanks, CalTrans! Thanks, Kym! Thanks, Kym’s helpers!
5:10 pm — Friend at Peg House says pilot car just came through and cars are moving north! More later….
5:21 — Friend reports north of slide and describes road as “very tenuous” — lots of debris behind a barrier and brave Cal Trans workers watching for movement. So — drive carefully and be cautiously optimistic!
It’s open! Just drove through at 5:55