Big Sur Coast Highway
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Location
Carmel

Country
United States

Year of Research
1937

Culture
  • Big sur coastal highway is known more freely as Highway 1, or Coast Highway 1.

  • The highway moves distance of 136 miles between Monterey and San Luis Obispo, but the Big Sur Portion takes in 93 miles between Carmel and San Simeon.

  • Over twenty bridges span creeks and canyons of the Big Sur Coast between Malpaso Creek, south of Carmel and the southern Monterey County lines.