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"Massive rock slide" closes highway

 

February 10, 2009
Tuesday


Ketchikan, Alaska - The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) responsed to what was described as "a massive rock slide" that blocked North Tongass Highway in Ketchikan. The slide, which occurred about 8 a.m. Tuesday, is located at the five mile marker.


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"Massive rock slide" closes highway
Photograph by JIM LEWIS


The rockslide Tuesday morning closed both lanes of traffic for several hours.

There were no injuries reported in the incident, but a house located above the slide remains close to a slope's edge. According to Nick Farstad of DOT&PF, the house is not in danger of falling onto the road.

A local contractor was contacted to assist the DOT&PF maintenance and operations crew with clearing the road to make it passable. The Ketchikan Police Department and Alaska State Troopers also responded.

 

 

Source of News:

Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
www.dot.state.ak.us

 

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