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magicarpet

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5. What do they do ? Drive wooden piles into the backfilled area of

Reply to AnrothElf (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 8, 2024, 06:47 PM

Jun 2024

... the hill that supports the road so it does not slip again in the future ?

It seem that piles driven deep enough would offer stability and support again future movement or slippage.

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Stunning photos show 'catastrophic failure' of Wyoming's Teton Pass [View all] AnrothElf Jun 2024 OP

In some places on that pass... 2naSalit Jun 2024 #1

Yikes! Driving down must be hellacious. AnrothElf Jun 2024 #4

You definitely... 2naSalit Jun 2024 #6

Gods... that gives me the shivers. I've BTDT so many times on other passes. But 10%?! AnrothElf Jun 2024 #9

Yeah, I hear you. 2naSalit Jun 2024 #11

I've never been on this road. But I was on a similar in LA jimfields33 Jun 2024 #10

Oh just give a bus load of three year olds,... magicarpet Jun 2024 #2

Gonna take for.ev.ER to plug that hole. AnrothElf Jun 2024 #3

What do they do ? Drive wooden piles into the backfilled area of magicarpet Jun 2024 #5

Too big, I think. Probably no option but to fill more than the last time. AnrothElf Jun 2024 #7

That whole area is vertical. 2naSalit Jun 2024 #8

Oh, does this bring back memories!!! Many years ago, I was driving with a friend niyad Jun 2024 #12

a recent train series on PBS showed a landslind mae a train track unusable + had to fimd a way up the mountain on the pansypoo53219 Jun 2024 #13

"The geology department was said to be investigating the cause" BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 2024 #14