California Coastal Roads Face Climate Risk

This topic centers on California coastal highways facing escalating damage from sea level rise, storms, erosion, flooding, and landslides.

Highway 1 in Big Sur and State Route 37 in the North Bay both illustrate the same problem: roads built in exposed coastal terrain are becoming harder and more expensive to maintain. The material also shows a policy divide between short-term repairs, larger adaptation projects, and broader questions about whether some segments should be realigned or reconsidered altogether.