Devil’s Slide bypass project set for tunnel breakthrough on Friday

Lining work being performed on the Devil's Slide Tunnel

Lining work being performed on the Devil's Slide Tunnel

Today crews on the Devil’s Slide bypass tunnels will break through after more than 3 years of excavation work. The pair of 4,000-ft long tunnels will each convey Highway 1 past a dangerous and landslide-prone stretch of California Coastline. The tunnels will open to traffic in early 2012. [Source: San Francisco Examiner. Image: San Francisco Examiner]