Tag: road collapse

Roadbuilding

Floodwaters in Calif. wash out part of Alhambra Valley Road

Flooding in California opened up a massive sinkhole causing part of Alhambra Valley Road near Pinole and Richmond, to collapse on Wednesday, NBC Bay Area reports. The YouTube video below shows the rushing floodwaters and the large gap in the road they created. “The Pinole Creek, it runs right through there,” Pinole resident Jeremy Gomez told […]

January 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Portion of I-10 in California will reopen Friday while crews continue to work on bridge collapse

Traffic will resume on Interstate 10 on Friday, less than a week after the heavy rain caused serious damage to the highway and collapsed a bridge. The California Department of Transportation announced that traffic on the interstate at the Tex Wash Bridge about 50 miles west of the Arizona border would be reduced to two lanes […]

July 23, 2015

Roadbuilding

Flooding causes portion of I-10 to collapse in California (PHOTOS)

Heavy rainfall in Southern California caused a section of Interstate 10 to collapse on Sunday, about 50 miles west of the Arizona border. An elevated portion of the highway collapsed after hours of heavy rain and has cut off travel for the thousands that drive the highway through the desert to and from Southern California and […]

July 21, 2015

Roadbuilding

Better Bridges

A massive landslide causes Tennessee DOT to rethink its rebuilding.

February 17, 2012

Construction Equipment

The amazing, disappearing road

Wow! I knew the roads in our country are in disrepair, but I had no idea that could happen. I’m not sure whether it’s because of the flooding or if the road was just in such bad shape that the water caused it to collapse. But this video is pretty incredible!

April 8, 2009