Landslide Buries California's Pacific Coast Highway (PHOTOS)

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Officials said that the road was covered in 30 to 40 feet of dirt.

ByNicole Bonaccorso•May 24, 2017

In this aerial photo taken Monday, May 22, 2017 provided by John Madonna showing a massive landslide along California's coastal Highway 1 that has buried the road under a 40-foot layer of rock and dirt.
(John Madonna via AP)

One of the U.S.'s most iconic roadways was closed when a landslide buried California's Highway 1 near Big Sur this weekend.

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Aerial photos and footage show the displaced earth reaching toward the sea. near the Mud Creek area of Big Sur.

A swath of the hillside gave way in an area called Mud Creek in California's Big Sur.
(John Madonna via AP)

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Officials said that the road was covered in 30 to 40 feet of dirt, according to the Los Angeles Times.

A portion of Highway 1 at Mud Creek in Big Sur seen closed due to a major landslide.
(CaltransD5/Twitter)

Big Sur is photographed from above after a landslide closed Highway 1.
(costalflow/Instagram)

"[We were] forced to turn around due to landslides so we missed half the coast," tourist Jill Crockford posted on her Instagram.
(jill.crockford/instagram)

This winter was one of the wettest in decades for California, which has triggered landslides along the coast. Previous smaller slides had closed a portion of Highway 1 before this weekend's event.

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