UPDATE, 12:35 a.m.: Open! From Caltrans:

Caltrans has reopened US 101 about 6 miles north of Leggett with one-way traffic control. Expect 20-30 minute delays after the long queue of vehicles clears through over the next hour or so. The road will remain one-way until further notice.

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Photo: Caltrans

Caltrans release: 

 

TRAFFIC ADVISORY / UPDATE: These photos are of U.S. Highway 101 north of Leggett in Mendocino County, taken this morning. The highway is currently under a full closure, but we hope to open it up to one-way traffic early this afternoon.

The slide has spilled over and brought down the catchment fence. If more rocks were to come down the hill, there would be no protection for vehicles below them. These rocks are not small and would cause significant vehicular damage and injury to anyone struck by them.

Our crews and contractors will be working to clear the debris and repair the fence, and will open the roadway as soon as it is safe to do so.