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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 15 > State Highway 242 open again following rock slide

State Highway 242 open again following rock slide

By Bulletin staff report / The Bulletin
October 15, 2008

State Highway 242 was reopened around noon Tuesday, two days after a rock slide blocked traffic on the historic highway 8.5 miles west of the Dee Wright Observatory.

Crews on the scene Monday used explosives to split the largest rocks, including one boulder more than 7 feet in diameter, then....

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