The Highway 1 slide this morning. A Caltrans truck responding to the slide was lifted up and nearly pitched into the drink by a second slide. Photo. Caltrans.

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You can drive south through Leggett again. Just don’t turn down to the coast and expect to get to Fort Bragg!

Last night’s road mess at Standish-Hickey was cleared up before too long, but at three in the morning, just south of there, the roadway was struck by what CHP dispatch called a “major slide” that knocked out power to Piercy. One-way controlled traffic has been in effect since about six a.m.

From Caltrans:

Route 1 is closed due to a mudslide about 5 miles north of Westport in Mendocino County. There is no estimated time of…

Posted by Caltrans District 1 on Friday, March 11, 2016