Temporary PCH repair
Temporary repairs to the southbound lane near Big Sur were completed ahead of schedule and reopened Friday. They involved installing 115 steel bars drilled to the slope and a signal light system that will allow traffic to pass in both directions through a single lane.
Stablizing the road after a slip-out
Vertical dowels
Forty 25-foot vertical steel bars were installed in drilled holes backfilled with cement grout along the damaged section of the road.
Barrier
Closed
PCH northbound lane
Southbound lane
Slip-out
area
Drainage
strips
Existing
masonry wall
Wire mesh cover
To the
Pacific
Ocean
A shotcrete cover reinforced with welded wire mesh wraps around the slip-out area to help secure the slope and protect from the elements.
Sub-horizontal dowels
Seventy-five 40-foot steel bars were installed in a staggered formation between the vertical dowels on the slope in five rows.
Welded wire mesh reinforced shotcrete cover
Existing
masonry wall
Barrier
Closed lane
Northbound lane
Vertical
steel bars
Geocomposite 2-D drainage layered strips backed with filter fabric are pinned underneath the shotcrete cover to help guide moisture down and away.
Two directions, one lane
Traffic signals will alternately allow passage on the northbound lane to vehicles traveling either north or south. Barriers block-off the site of the slip out.
Pacific
Ocean
Section of
southbound
lane closed
Slip-out site
Barriers
Railing
Shoulder
widened
Southbound
traffic
Northbound
lane open
Northbound
traffic
Stablizing the road after a slip-out
Vertical dowels
Forty 25-foot vertical steel bars were installed in drilled holes backfilled with cement grout along the damaged section of the road.
PCH northbound lane
Existing
masonry wall
Closed
Barrier
Southbound lane
Slip-out area
Wire mesh cover
A shotcrete cover reinforced with welded wire mesh wraps around the slip-out area to help secure the slope and protect from the elements.
To the
Pacific
Ocean
Drainage strips
Barrier
Existing
masonry wall
Closed lane
Northbound lane
Sub-horizontal dowels
Vertical
steel bars
Seventy-five 40-foot steel bars were installed in a staggered formation between the vertical dowels on the slope in five rows.
Welded wire mesh reinforced shotcrete cover
Geocomposite 2-D drainage layered strips backed with filter fabric are pinned underneath the shotcrete cover to help guide moisture down and away.
Two directions, one lane
Pacific
Ocean
Traffic signals will alternately allow passage on the northbound lane to vehicles traveling either north or south. Barriers block off the site of the slip-out.
Southbound
traffic
Section of southbound
lane closed
Slip-out site
Barriers
Railing
Shoulder widened
Northbound
lane open
Northbound
traffic
Stablizing the road after a slip-out
Vertical dowels
Forty 25-foot vertical steel bars were installed in drilled holes backfilled with cement grout along the damaged section of the road.
Barrier
Closed
PCH northbound lane
Southbound lane
Slip-out area
Drainage
strips
Existing
masonry wall
Wire mesh cover
To the
Pacific
Ocean
A shotcrete cover reinforced with welded wire mesh wraps around the slip-out area to help secure the slope and protect from the elements.
Sub-horizontal dowels
Seventy-five 40-foot steel bars were installed in a staggered formation between the vertical dowels on the slope in five rows.
Welded wire mesh
reinforced shotcrete cover
Existing
masonry wall
Barrier
Closed lane
Northbound lane
Vertical
steel bars
Geocomposite 2-D drainage layered strips backed with filter fabric are pinned underneath the shotcrete cover to help guide moisture down and away.
Two directions, one lane
Traffic signals will alternately allow passage on the northbound lane to vehicles traveling either north or south. Barriers block off the site of the slip-out.
Pacific
Ocean
Section of southbound
lane closed
Slip-out site
Barriers
Railing
Shoulder
widened
Southbound
traffic
Northbound
lane open
Northbound
traffic
CalTrans
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