Monday, December 22, 2014

Landslide Blocks Traffic on Highway 101 Near San Francisco

December 22,2014



 
A hillside gave way in Sausalito, California, early Monday and spilled mud and rocks across two southbound lanes of Highway 101, which connects Marin County to San Francisco.

The California Highway Patrol said traffic in was backed up for miles.

The landslide, reported at 2:27 a.m. occurred about 5 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Boulders, a tree and a light pole blocked two lanes of the highway,  Office Andrew Barclay, a CHP spokesman, told the Associated Press.

“Fortunately, there were no (traffic) collisions as a result of the slide,” Barclay told KTVU News.
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Recent rains had made the hillside unstable. Drier conditions are expected in the area until Wednesday, forecasters said.
Crews were using heavy equipment to remove the debris, and engineers were evaulating how to prevent further slippage, the AP reported

No one was injured.
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