WSDOT - Tue May 03, 2022
Scarsella Bros. Crews Perform Emergency Slide Work On SR 112
One week after reopening State Route 112 near Clallam Bay following a landslide, work began approximately 15 mi. east to reopen a second site near Jim Creek. Washington State Department of Transportation's emergency contractor, Scarsella Bros., started site preparations on SR 112 at milepost 32....
Ohio Department of Transportation - Tue March 01, 2022
Work to Address Rockslide On Monroe County, Ohio's SR 78 Begins
A rockslide mitigation project started Feb. 14 on SR 78 in Monroe County and is one of dozens of ODOT projects aimed at keeping small landslides and rockslides from growing into larger issues. The project is located on SR 78, between SR 536 and Sunfish Creek Road (County Road 29)....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 09, 2021
Cast & Baker Make Emergency Repairs While ODOT Works to Prevent Future Slides
In Monroe County, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is overseeing an emergency landslide repair and realignment project. Work on the $9.5 million undertaking involves the construction of a new 0.55-mi....
Joe Jancsurak – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue October 19, 2021
Contractors Solve Logistical Challenges On Coastal Project
Talk about close calls. When a coastal bluff in Del Mar collapsed earlier this year, the resulting landslide came within feet of rendering the only train route between San Diego and Los Angeles, and the rest of the West Coast, inoperable....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 27, 2021
Scarsella Brothers Fix 'Astronomical' Flood Issue on SR 112
After more than five months, a state highway in rural western Washington has reopened to traffic, but it is anyone's guess how long the route will remain passable. State Route 112 has a long history of landslides, but a series of slides last December dropped the road in six different locations....
Idaho. gov - Mon July 26, 2021
New Landslide Database Gives Tools for Site Development
The Idaho Geological Survey (IGS) is helping the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) learn more from landslides in the Gem State. A new statewide inventory database of landslide and rock fall hazards released by IGS in late June will assist ITD, emergency managers and planners with forecasting and hazard mitigation by identifying problematic hot spots....
Ohio Department of Transportation - Tue June 22, 2021
Catching Costly Landslides, Rockslides Before They Happen
Landslides and rockslides are a common issue in parts of eastern and southern Ohio. The Ohio Department of Transportation will use $35 million in federal stimulus funding to complete dozens of projects aimed at catching these issues early or even preventing them in the first place....
Caltrans - Tue March 09, 2021
Caltrans Begins Recovery of Big Sur Highway Collapse
Caltrans announced that major emergency repairs of Highway 1 on the Big Sur Coast at Rat Creek have begun and that it estimates it will reopen the famed roadway early this summer. Debris flow from the Dolan Fire burn scar washed out a 150-ft....
Associated Press - Tue February 09, 2021
Crews Working to Repair Washed-Out Scenic Highway
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Construction crews are working to determine when they can rebuild a section of scenic roadway near Big Sur after it collapsed in torrential rain during the last week in January, but the damage was not as bad as from a 2017 landslide that cut off the tourist destination along the central California coast for over a year, officials said....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 27, 2021
Emergency Situation — Spider Excavators Fix 'HeleSlide' Along Critical Highway
Referred to as a "HeleSlide" by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), a major landslide occurred in 2019 along State Route 299 between Junction City and Willow Creek in Trinity County (northwestern California) that brought down a massive amount of rock and earth and revealed a fractured and fragile mountainside along the critical highway....
