Hundreds Stranded After Partial Collapse of California Coastal Highway

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Officials told local media that around 1,600 residents and visitors were stranded near Monterey after a chunk of road on a coastal highway crumbled into the sea following heavy rainfall on Easter weekend.

Photos from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) show the affected section on the southbound lane, just south of Monterey’s Rocky Creek Bridge.

Convoys of essential travelers would be escorted past the eroded section of the roadway, Caltrans District 5 said. Credit: Caltrans District 5 via Storyful

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