[sauropod]

It doesn't take a degreed engineer (I have two) to determine how close the highway was coming to the house.

One of the photos shows what looks like a significant amount of land alteration on the opposite side of the highway.

We do not have the full story here.

[Cultural Jihad]

The Bixby's do not live in a community ruled by some foreign occupying colonial power, are not estranged from any institution of self-governance, are not disempowered and disenfranchised with no voice or legal recourse for the redress of grievances.

Perhaps Mao and some fringed nutcases like to preach that political power comes from the barrel of a gun, but self-governable Americans do not.

[r9etb]

It doesn't take a degreed engineer (I have two) to determine how close the highway was coming to the house.

I imagine that a doubly-degreed engineer such as yourself would be aware of the "foreshortening effects" of high-powered telephoto lenses. You can't accurately judge distances in shots like this.

The real key is the location of the telephone pole. The road widening is still on "this side" of it.