New border wall going up in San Luis (Yuma, Arizona)

KYMA (Fox) ^ | March 4, 2020 | Carmen Valencia

[BeauBo]

A new section of border wall in going up on San Luis, Arizona (Southern edge of the City of Yuma, AZ). The area of new infrastructure is located just west of the port of entry.

The new stretch is expected to completed by the end of 2020, along with an additional 99 miles of new border wall in Yuma County. This is part of President Donald Trump's promise to complete 400 to 450 miles along the entire southern border.

[BeauBo]

Almost the entire Yuma, Arizona urban area, and the entire Yuma Sector of the Border with Mexico, are funded and contracted for Trump-style super Wall System. Almost all is 30 feet tall, and lots of it will be double layer barrier.

What has historically been among top three corridors for illegal traffic (along with San Diego and the Rio Grande Valley) is rapidly being shut tight.

[gunsequalfreedom]

[thinden]

More outstanding news from the border

Thanx again BeauBo for the timely progress report

[dontreadthis]

impressive structure

[EnglishOnly]

Thank You President Trump!

[SuperLuminal]

Snakes and scorpions very pleased... Lots more shady spots being created... No more humans trampling around & through their habitat...

[heshtesh]

Really puts the fence into perspective with the semi truck in the foreground.

[BlueStateRightist]

How deep underground does this wall design go?

[max americana]

Beautiful. Now all it needs now are landmines.

[BeauBo]

“How deep underground does this wall design go?”

Generally, the minimum foundation is about two feet thick and six feet deep of steel reinforced, high strength concrete. Local designs vary based on local conditions though, and the thirty foot bollards sometimes sit a bit deeper - meeting up with bedrock and up to six feet thick in places in San Diego.

There are several anti-tunneling technology programs that are deployed as well. Some can look quite deeply.

[oldasrocks]

Now if they would have leaned 10 degrees south it would have been impossible to climb over

[Big Red Badger]

Funny,
It’s a Fence,

[Big Red Badger]

Thanks Bo,
A Big Beautiful Fence!
I’m very familiar with the
Border in Campo California
and I hope a similar barrier is installed there.

Last December it was Landing Matt with a
Concertina added,
Pretty crummy.

[Spktyr]

Would have made it easier to get a grappling hook on, though.

[bitt]

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[ptsal]

Many, many years ago, I made the trek from Ajo, AZ through Organ Pipe National Monument and across the border on our way to Rocky Point, Mexico. Even then, most of the woody shrubs and bushes had been stripped and used for fuel by the locals. There was no doubt where the border was.

[ptsal]

At the top, a trough filled with concrete and embedded with broken beer bottles would have given the installation a real south-of-the-border flair.

[Oatka]

Even then, most of the woody shrubs and bushes had been stripped and used for fuel by the locals. There was no doubt where the border was.

Reminds me of the aerial Haiti-Dominican Republic photo: