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 Byway and a California Scenic Highway, and was described by Australian painter Francis McComas as the "greatest meeting of land and water in the world". The winding, narrow road, often cut into the face of towering seaside cliffs, is a "symbolic image" of Big Sur. 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. The Big Sur portion of Highway 1 is generally considered to include the 71-mile (114 km) segment adjoining the unincorporated region of Big Sur between Malpaso Creek near Carmel Highlands in the north and San Carpóforo Creek near San Simeon in the south. Prior to its completion...

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