One-way traffic control on Devil’s Slide until noon Sunday

Is the Slide now closed completely at night? My husband was returning home from SFO at about midnight only to discover Route 1 was shut down past Linda Mar. He had to turn around and take 280 to 92. Not a great thing to have to do when you've been traveling for 14 hours. There's nothing (that I can see) about this on 511.org or the CalTrans site... Was there an accident, or are there specific hours when the Slide is completely inaccessible?

From sfgate.com: Devil's Slide reopens to traffic Chronicle Staff Report

Monday, April 21, 2008

(04-21) 07:06 PDT SAN MATEO COUNTY -- Authorities reopened Highway 1 at Devil's Slide early today, after a fatal accident shuttered the roadway Sunday night.

At 9:23 p.m., a pickup truck went off the highway and one person in the truck was killed, according to the California Highway Patrol.

It was unknown whether anyone else was in the truck.

The accident occurred just north of the new tunnel structure.

Devil's Slide is a treacherous two-lane highway, a narrow and winding cliffside road along the northern San Mateo County coast that has been the site of many vehicular accidents and landslides.

You can find current CHP dispatch information by going to http://montara.com and clicking on the Traffic link. When the page comes up, select "Bay Area" and then look for SR1 for Hwy 1, and SR92 for Hwy 92.

When you click on an incident, you'll see information like this (although rarely so grim): Incident: 1989 Type: Possible Fatality Location: SR1 JNO DEVILS SLIDE Zoom Map: 726 6F info as of: 4/21/2008 7:06:02 AM ADDITIONAL DETAILS 3:08AM IF ANYONE CALLS IN LOOKING FOR THIS VEH PLZ GET NAME AND PHONE // AND GIVE TO CORONER 1:24AM NB AT LINDA MAR OPEN 1:23AM SB AT MONTARA OPEN 1:16AM DOT CPZ, 1039 DOTDCC // CMS 1098 1:14AM SIG ALERT UPDATE ROADWAY OPENED 1:13AM UNIT WILL LEAVE CONES AND SIGNS FOR DOT PICKUP AT CONV 1:13AM RWAY CLR // RWAY CAN NOW BE OPENED 12:54AM PER S9 RWAY WILL BE OPEN SOON WILL ADV 11:32PM ATLAS TOW FRM LINDA MAR ENRT TO SCENE 11:31PM DOT 1097 SB IN MONTARA FOR HARD CLOSURE // THEN WILL RESPOND TO NB SIDE 11:16PM SOLO 1144 11:02PM CORONER 1097 @ 2240 HRS PER B32-21 10:41PM PER DOTDCC, DOT ETA 30 MIN 10:31PM SIG ALERT UPDATE TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED OFF NB 1 AT OUTRIGGER MOTEL IN MONTARA AND SB 1 AT LINDA MAR 10:21PM LINE 47-1039 DOTDCC // 1023 ETA 10:21PM 1039 32-S9 AFFIRM SEND THEM UP 10:21PM PER 21 GRAVES MEDIA 1097 REQ TO GO SCENE 10:17PM 91-S2 : REQ DOT FOR THE LONG-TERM CLOSURE ON THE RWC SIDE 10:16PM CAN THE UNITS ADVISE WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED OFF AT-THANKS 10:12PM SIG ALERT NB AND SB SR1 NOF DEVILS SLIDE IS CLOSED DUE TO A TRAFFIC COLLISION-ETO OF 3-4 HOURS 10:08PM CAN THE UNITS ADVISE WHERE TRAFFIC IS BEING DIVERTED TO-THANKS 10:07PM LINE 40-1039 DOTDCC 10:05PM 1039 CORONER 10:01PM LINE 34-DOT CPZ, 1039 DOTDCC 9:58PM 1039 SMSO HAS SR1 SHUT DOWN NB AND SB OUT OUTRIGGER MOTEL // WILL 1023 FOR RWC CHP THEY WERE ADVD OF ETA 9:56PM 1039 32-S9 COPIES LINE 29 REQ IF SO AVAIL FOR LINE 23 9:53PM 1039 91-S2 FOR LINE 23 / RWC CHP ETA 40+ / MAY WANT TO HAVE SO OR PD HANDLE LINE 23 UNTIL THEN 9:52PM 1039 PACIFICA PD 9:49PM CAN UNITS ADVISE HOW LONG OF A CLOSURE THEY WILL HAVE FOR MEDIA-THANKS 9:46PM DOT CPZ, 1039 DOTDCC FOR INFO 9:46PM FIRE PUTTING OUT FIRE / UNK IF VEH IS OCCP D 9:42PM FIRE 1097 9:31PM LINE 9 / 1039 FIRE / THEY ARE ENRT 9:30PM RP RECALLED / NOW ON FIRE 9:25PM ^NB 9:24PM 1039 SMSO 1141 FOR PREC 9:23PM RP ADVG TKPK NOT VIS FRM RDWY