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.
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.
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
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.
Looks like they'll need to build a bridge.
Fortunately, modern man knows how to build bridges, even curved ones.
The bigger concern will be if the environmentalists will allow it.
Any chance Crazy Liz is under the debris?
Looking at the photo, I think the answer to your question is yes. If you used concrete etc. for all the mountain roads none of them would be there, it’s not affordable. The road was last improved 56 years ago so it lasted a while.
Its not dirt its called Earth
I wonder who the lucky one was that discovered it? No wrecked cars at the bottom.
May have been fill dirt, but it was done decades ago when engineers really didn’t know any better. Then again they still don’t know any better.
And all is not lost, people can detour along route 90 through West Yellowstone, and then down 191 to Jackson.
When they check the bottom of the ravine, they might find John Dutton’s train station.
Been over it a few times.
I seriously doubt it was anything more than a mountain road that had been redone a few times last time maybe 60 years ago, no way it was a manmade dirt foundation.
They built them on the sides of mountains, and they fall down...
Some things to note...
No name or names on the byline.
The snotty headline.
The staff could easily have checked Jones's credentials and chose not to, or did and didn't mention what they found because it didn't support their narrative.
I've seen Jones' channel. He makes good sense to me. And if what passes for this station's reportage is any indication, Jones is onto something.
Note to WY residents and anyone using the Pass: You might want to check out Jones's channel for yourselves.
Here's a link...