Posted on 06/10/2024 7:16:45 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
Jackson, Wyo. — A large chunk of a twisting mountain pass road collapsed in Wyoming, authorities said Saturday, leaving a gaping chasm in the highway and severing a well-traveled commuter link between small towns in eastern Idaho and the tourist destination of Jackson.
Aerial photos and drone video of the collapse show the Teton Pass road riven with deep cracks, and a big section of the pavement disappeared altogether. Part of the guardrail dangled into the void, and orange traffic drums marked off the danger area. The road was closed at the time of the collapse.
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So much for journalism, my FIRST QUESTION after seeing the landslide is - WAS THIS A MANMADE DIRT FOUNDATION that the road was paved over?
If so, then clearly it was poorly engineered, just dirt that could easily be washed away.
Rebuild will take forever thanks to environmental studies.
It looks like a fill.
That's what it looked like to me, no rocks or gravel.
Remember driving that road in the 70s in my buddy’s Chvy Luv loaded with camping gear and wondering if I was gonna have to get out and push.
Engineers should look at the Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway for ideas on how to solve a tricky situation.
Looks like what you imagine a mountain pass would be.
Sister sent me a picture. A lot of people use that road to commute into Jackson from Idaho.
Started as a crack. Went downhill from there.
I hate Wyo in the summer time. Keeping my ass in Texas this year.
Picture shows no apparent signs of gravel or other non-dirt substrate.
If so, then clearly it was poorly engineered, just dirt that could easily be washed away.
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Something about the wise man building his house on a rock foundation and the fool building on sand...... Matthew 7:24
“Rebuild will take forever thanks to environmental studies.”
June ‘22 Yellowstone park and the Paradise valley in Park County, Mt were devastated by massive flooding. The roads were open by the early Fall (7 miles of new roadway IN the park)...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/damaging-yellowstone-flooding-forces-10-035057606.html
This is nothing compared to that flooding. I’ve been on that road many times...Tough commute for these folks now.
Took a motorhome over that road and it is a white knuckler but an unbelievable view on top.
The wise man built his (road) upon the rock...
It looks like it's a man-made fill to me that was paved over, but this is done all the time.
Raton wears me out. Hit a bear up thre once. I have run over hogs and deer. You hit a bear, so long truck.
i'd like to avoid those roads, I'd prefer some substantial base foundation like rocks and gravel - dirt roads get washed out all the time.
Good discussion here:
Major Highway Embankment Failure in Wyoming!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu8ZthFK2OE
+1, yep, appears as though it was not properly engineered by government workers...
“Engineers should look at the Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway for ideas on how to solve a tricky situation.”
It was constructed from the pavement surface own, meaning each section was built with its far end temporarily unsupported. Construction worked down from each unsupported end to make a pier to support that end and to build the next section, and so on.
Temporary supports were also used along the way. See wikipedia entry.
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