Bixby Creek Bridge Plaque Rededication

LBJ Foundation Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Highway Beautification Act

BIG SUR — On Monday October 19, atop the breathtaking Bixby Creek Bridge on California’s famed Pacific Coast Highway, the LBJ Foundation will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Highway Beautification Act Signed into law by President Lyndon Baines Johnson. The Highway Beautification Act was an unprecedented effort to limit the billboards, outdoor advertising and junkyards that threatened to spoil the raw beauty of America and its interstate highways.

President Johnson’s daughter, Luci Baines Johnson, will rededicate a plaque at the Bixby Creek Bridge Scenic Overlook that her mother, Lady Bird Johnson, first installed nearly 50 years ago. The 4 p.m. event, hosted by the LBJ Foundation in partnership with the Big Sur Land Trust, will feature comments by Luci Johnson, Congressman Sam Farr (CA) and other prominent local officials.

On Monday October 19, event starts at 4 p.m. at the Bixby Creek Bridge Scenic Overlook, Big Sur.

PARKING: available at Rocky Point Restaurant, 36700 Highway 1, 10 Miles South of Carmel. Shuttles to the Overlook will begin at 3pm. No parking available at the Overlook.