Big Sur Coast Highway
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Big Sur Coast Highway is a section of California State Route 1 through the Big Sur region of California that is widely considered to be one of the most scenic driving routes in the United States, if not the world. It is both a National Scenic Highway and a California Scenic Highway, and was described by Australian painter Francis McComas as the "greatest meeting of land and water in the world". Condé Nast Traveler named State Route 1 through Big Sur one of the top ten world-famous streets, comparable to Broadway in New York City and the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The road itself is a destination for visitors.
Highway 1 near Ragged Point at the southern end of the Big Sur region
Convict labor from Folsom Prison was paid 35 cents per day to help build the roadway.
Bixby Canyon Bridge under construction in 1932
Bixby Creek Bridge, May 2013
Posts, California
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Posts is an unincorporated community in the Big Sur region of Monterey County, California. It is located on the Big Sur Coast Highway, 4.8 miles (7.7 km) south of the Big Sur Village at an elevation of 945 feet.
The Post Ranch Inn in 2013