Ferguson landslide
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The Ferguson landslide, also commonly called the Ferguson Slide, is an active landslide in the Merced River canyon in Mariposa County, California, United States. In 2006, rocks and debris slid off Fer
Ferguson Slide
The downstream temporary bridge
Rock shed
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A rock shed is a civil engineering structure used in mountainous areas where rock slides and land slides create highway closure problems. A rock shed is built over a roadway that is in the path of the
Ferguson landslide
…State Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Governor Jerry Brown on July 13, 2012. After considering the option of a tunnel, Caltrans settled on a rock shed design in 2014. Caltrans plans to restore the original route of Highway 140 by building a protective rock shed, with construction split into two distinct…
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