The Biggest and Best Boulder Blasts and Rock Rolls in Caltrans Highway History
And several other boulder rolls and trundles that keep California’s highways safe and open Caltrans
To keep its highways safe and cars from getting squashed, the California Department of Transportation, or Caltrans, sends crews up cliffs with big crow bars to dislodge giant boulders before they dislodge themselves, possibly onto your pickup. Guys called “geo-technical experts” figure this stuff out. Sometimes it’s just the crow-bars that peel the rocks off the cliffs, other times they drill ‘em, fill ‘em with explosives, and blast away. The best part may be getting to yell, “Fire in the hole!” at the top of your lungs. The results are spectacular trundles that sometimes end in giant