Update: Northbound Highway 101 lanes reopen after rockslide near Gaviota
Update: All lanes are now open on Highway 101 northbound near Gaviota in Santa Barbara County, following a lane closure related to a rockslide, according to Caltrans.
The left lane of the freeway had been closed part of the day due to a rockslide, said Caltrans spokesman Jim Shivers, in a Twitter post earlier Monday.
Original story: The northbound lanes of Highway 101 near Gaviota were blocked Monday due to a rockslide, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP issued a sig alert notifying the public of a closure, according to a post on its incident page at 11:41 a.m.
The location of the incident is just south of the Highway 1 intersection in the Gaviota area.
CHP officials first reported a mudslide/rockslide at 11:13 a.m. on the agency’s incident page, noting “multiple large boulders in the road.”
At 12:08 p.m., CHP officials said they were escorting vehicles through the area.
This story was originally published December 27, 2021 at 12:37 PM.
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