Transportation and Communication -- Transportation Problems


Return to the Transportation and Communication Subject Page.
Return to the Images of the California Environment page.

Click on an image to see a larger version.


This slide in Big Sur buried the highway.
Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP, near Big Sur, CA (1983).


It took two years of work on this great landslide before the highway could reopen.
Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP, near Big Sur, CA (1984).


Clearance of this landslide resulted in the creation of many new beaches from the debris pushed down the cliffs into the ocean.
Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP, CA (1993).


An unwise road widening project triggered this landslide at the scenic Emerald Bay.
highway 89, Emerald Bay SP, Lake Tahoe, CA (1985).


The coast highway along the Big Sur coast is in a constant state of collapse.
Highway 1 near Gorda, CA (1993).


Go to the next topic: Transportation and Communication -- Railroads, Streetcars, and Urban Mass Transit