Photo by Mark McKenna
Officials have considered rerouting Last Chance Grade inland since the current route was cut in 1933.
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This March landslide shut down Last Chance Grade for four hours, the first full closure along the stretch in recent memory, but was quickly cleaned up.
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Last Chance Grade lost another 10 feet during a March slipout.
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Construction work around a March slipout that took 10 feet down of Last Chance Grade.
Photo by Mark McKenna
If the North Coast can't unite behind a proposal, Last Chance Grade may go the way of this road sign.
Photo by Mark McKenna
A 10-foot section of road on Last Chance Grade slid toward the ocean last month, a reminder that geology is working against the roadway.
Photo by Mark McKenna
Caltrans major damage engineer and Last Chance Grade project manager Sebastian Cohen describes the fail points on a section of Last Chance Grade.
Photo by Mark McKenna
A 10-foot section of road on Last Chance Grade slid toward the ocean last month, a reminder that geology is working against the roadway.
Photo by Mark McKenna
Crews work on a retaining wall on a section of Last Chance Grade.
Photo by Mark McKenna
Crews work on a retaining wall on a section of Last Chance Grade.
Photo by Mark McKenna
A tractor trailer passes one of the retaining walls on the grade.
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Workers gather data from load sensors on a retaining wall that is at one of the fail points.
Photo by Mark McKenna
A large retaining wall reinforces a stretch of Last Chance Grade, the 3-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 101 south of Crescent City.
Photo by Mark McKenna
Workers gather data from load sensors on a retaining wall that is at one of the fail points.
Photo by Mark McKenna
A 10-foot section of road on Last Chance Grade slid toward the ocean last month, a reminder that geology is working against the roadway.
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Photo by Mark McKenna
Officials have considered rerouting Last Chance Grade inland since the current route was cut in 1933.
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