Caltrans says it needs to assess whether supports of Highway 1 bridges over the Pajaro have been damaged before reopening the critical highway.
Crews closed what had been a 365-foot breach in the Pajaro River levee Tuesday evening that had opened up overnight during Saturday rains, but Highway 1 remains closed due to floodwater worries.
The team of 24 contractors working on two 12-hour shifts completed the first phase of the levee work around 5 p.m. Tuesday using 39 trucks, 3 large excavators, and 3 tracked dump trucks to drop boulders, two-to-four-ton rock and gravel. Work will continue to completely secure both exposed ends of the levee at the breach, and then to raise the repair to full levee height.
Highway 1, the main corridor along the coast, remains closed between Watsonville and Moss Landing due to floodwater concerns around the Pajaro River. Caltrans said water flow from the upstream levee breach has eroded embankment material around the bridge supports exposing foundation piles.
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