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ramyankee
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Dec 14, 2016

Big problem on Hwy 299 in northern california

Could be closed for a bit...

http://www.krcrtv.com/north-coast-news/eureka-news/trinity/caught-on-camera-rock-slide-closes-highway-299w-at-big-french-creek/208263574

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  • We traveled that road a couple years back with our coach and toad and were not impressed. I will take the heavy traffic further south to get to the coast.
  • coolbreeze01 wrote:
    In the past, unstable slides have been bypassed on 299. This one looks like a candidate.

    Yes. Two bridges to go around. Very expensive. I bet Cal Trans wishes they could just get rid of that road. :)
  • In the past, unstable slides have been bypassed on 299. This one looks like a candidate.
  • Wow! Great footage. That hillside is a geologist's nightmare -- a mix of badly-faulted and shattered sedimentary and metamorphic junk. It's what they call "incompetent rock." If we get a wet winter up near Redding, that whole hill is going to be a problem for a long time to come. And 299 is practically the only way over to the coast when towing an RV.

    I am betting that this summer, 299 will be one-lane each way through the slide area, with traffic control. Long delays.
  • Sorry, I didn't realize the link was a dead one...
    Thanks for the CLICKY.
  • Been using that road for over 40 years and that video right there was very impressive. That last boulder was a dandy.

    I would detour to the north on hwy 199 and on the south at hwy 20.
  • Thanks for posting. It looks as if stabilizing that hill might take some doing