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Daily news and photos of Mariposa, Oakhurst, Sonora,
& Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.A
A Special Edition Of The Sierra Sun Times
The Ferguson Rockslide Of 2006 Timeline In Photos
Photos:
Mariposa Sheriff Department Web
Site Photos
Starting May, 29, 2006
InciWeb: Ferguson Rockslide Pictures
Ferguson Ridge Slide Photo July 31, 2006
Mariposa County Highway 140 Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Next
Three Photos Courtesy of Ken Yager (Check Out Ken's Web Site:
Yosemite Climbing Association)
Posted previously on June 12,2006
| Posted on Monday, June 12, 2006 - 9:39 am: Can you imagine being a PG&E lineman ? With that mountain just waiting to come down ? Brave guys we will say and a big thank you for doing a great job |
| Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 1:29 pm: Hi Jerry, great shot, and clear too! As we talked about yesterday (Jerry can add to his list of accomplishments that he is now a judge of fine art!), the slide is well to the left of that photo. Or West, if you want to find it on a map. That shot is just about even with Savage's and the slide is just before the highway straightens out to go past the "geological exhibit". On a quad map, there is a tiny symbol for a spring, looks like a blue circle with a squiggly line coming out of it. You may need a magnifiying glass to see it! That's the spring that I believe has been referred to by experts. Lorie |
| Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 3:39 pm: The most recent slide photo available only from the Goldrushcam / Sierra Sun Times. We thank Mr. Glenn Bell (Information Officer for the Ferguson Slide)for providing us with this photo taken just 48 hours ago ! |
Originally posted on June 29, 2006
The Highway 140 Ferguson Rock Slide up close and personal.
This photo courtesy of Mr. Glenn Bell who is the information
officer for the slide, dramatically shows why Caltrans is going
to go around this slide instead of trying to clear it out.
Read the Sierra Sun Times for Caltrans ambitious time table
for a temporary bridge to be put in. Let us hope that the permits
go through smoothly, the slide cooperates by staying in place
and work can safely begin on the bridge reroute to Foresta Bridge.
Originally Posted on July 12, 2006
Incline Road on the North side of the Merced River is
being brought up to Caltrans standards as work on the
temporary bridge continues.
This photo was taken on July 10 by Mary Kline and
forwarded to us by Adrienne Freeman, Park Ranger
Division of Interpretation, Yosemite National Park.
| Posted on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 - 11:00 am: Here is another photo of roadwork being done. The concrete structure on the left is a footing for the bridge. Thanks again to Mary Kline and Adrienne Freeman for the photos ! |
Originally posted on July,26,2006
Getting Closer !
This photo from Caltrans, ( Possibly a video pull ) shows
the temporary bridge being put up over the Merced River.
Taken two days ago the bridge is getting closer to
completion for a scheduled opening by the end of the month.
| Posted on Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:24 am: This is known as a Bailey Bridge, a very versatile and durable British design in answer to the needs of the allies in WW II. It can be erected quickly and support the heaviest of equipment. Around the world many of them are still in use, even since the forties. There is one down on Bubbs Creek in Kings Canyon that has been there for decades. I am touched by nostalgia to see this in use, as I was in a bridging company in the army. |
| Posted on Saturday, July 29, 2006 - 12:05 pm: Soon, Luke, Soon! This is the end of the road until Monday morning ! |
Originally Posted August 1,2006
With a little over 100 cars waiting in line to cross the
Ferguson Slide temporary bridge yesterday to get into
Yosemite National Park or El Portal, Caltrans had the
bridge ready to go !
Smiling faces were abundant as commuters, visitors
and bridge workers passed each other !
| Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 8:02 am: Were Next! |
| Posted on Tuesday, August 01, 2006 - 9:29 am: Dave Lombard sent this photo to us of a view of the bridge from an airplane. The photo is looking north with the new road on the far side and heading East. Thanks Dave for sharing this photo !! |
Originally Posted on August 19, 2006
Supervisor Lee Stetson of Mariposa County had the pleasure
of cutting the ribbon for the official re-opening of Highway 140
through the Merced River Canyon, as both bridges are now open
from 6:00 AM - 8:00 PM seven days a week.
Limited to 28 feet and under in length.
| Posted on Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 7:30 am: Happy faces are all around in the above photo as everyone can now travel from Mariposa to El Portal and on into Yosemite National Park again on the 140 with the bridges being completed. In the photo from left to right: Sarah Moffett, representative for Senator Dianne Feinstein, Janet Bibby, Mariposa County Supervisor, District 3, Michael Tollefson, Superintendent for Yosemite National Park, Lee Stetson, Mariposa County Supervisor, District 1, (cutting the ribbon), George Radanovich, U.S. Congressman, 19th Congressional District, Leslie VanMeter, Representing the Sierra National Forest. |
| Posted on Saturday, September 09, 2006 - 5:28 am: Who can identify this in Mariposa County ? A really strange sight in this area ! But according to very knowlegeable sources these are not the first sightings of these strange objects in Mariposa County ! Years ago in this same canyon, but closer to El Portal these same objects were installed temporarily ! |