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]
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