Devil's Slide

USA / California / Montara /
 fault (geology), coast, promontory
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Devil's Slide, the dizzying promontory perched high above the Pacific Ocean between Pacifica and Montara, stubbornly refuses to be tamed.
Ever since highway engineers opened Highway 1 along the cragged cliffs of the San Mateo coast in 1937, the slide has been on the move -- slipping toward the ocean, trying to drag the road along or at least pelt it with rocks and muck.
The slide's latest movement was in April 2006 - causing an road closure til September 2006. * The highway at Devils Slide reopened on August 4, 2006.
Note the zone of the San Gregorio Fault:
quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/FaultMaps/122-37.htm
Caltrans completed building tunnels to bypass the area:
www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/dslide/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Slide
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   37°35'3"N   122°31'1"W
This article was last modified 10 years ago