• Twitter
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
GeoPrac.net

Our Sponsors

  • Home
  • About
    • Our Sponsors
  • Articles
  • News
    • Search By Tag
  • Events
    • Events Main
    • Add an Event
    • Webinars
    • Conferences
    • Calls For Abstracts
  • Resources
    • Links
  • Contact Us
News Ticker
  • [ March 9, 2023 ] Slide3’s New Search Surface Type & Fast Weak Layer Algorithm Slope Stability
  • [ March 1, 2023 ] PLAXIS 2023.1 Transitions to Seequent Software Updates
  • [ March 1, 2023 ] Bentley Systems Issues Call for Nominations for the 2023 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure Press Releases
  • [ February 20, 2023 ] Keller hires Miriam Smith, PhD, PE, as Business Development Executive Press Releases
  • [ February 19, 2023 ] Datgel has released the third generation of its gINT Software Add-In products Press Releases
HomeNewsGeologic HazardsVideo: Rockslide Damages Wisconsin Home

Video: Rockslide Damages Wisconsin Home

March 1, 2011 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Video: Rockslide Damages Wisconsin Home
Wisconsin_Rockslide_WXOW

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Share on Tumblr
  • boulder
  • rockslide
  • Wisconsin
Preston tunnel project, Lancashire, UK, where TBM is stuckPrevious

Contractors battle to extract TBM after silt breaches tunnel

Typical pile driving analyzer or PDA setupNext

The Use of the Pile Driving Analyzer for Installing Pile Foundations

Related Articles

rockslide_north_carolina_i40
Geologic Hazards

Rockslide Closes I-40 in Western North Carolina

November 6, 2009 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Rockslide Closes I-40 in Western North Carolina

rockslide_north_carolina_i40

A massive rockslide closed a busy interstate route last week near the border between Tennessee and North Carolina in Pigeon River Gorge. This area has had landslide problems in the past. In 1997 a rockslide in the same area closed the freeway for approximately 3 months. (Photo from Landslides Under a Microscope Blog, original source not cited)

I have yet to see volume estimates, but The Charlotte Observer quoted a highway patrol officer who was at the scene:

He said the roadway is covered by a gigantic mound of debris, from pebbles up to house-sized boulders. The pile is 40 to 50 feet high, Williamson estimated, and hundreds of feet long.

More info and video after the break. […]

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Share on Tumblr
No Picture
Geologic Hazards

Video: Rockslide on Highway 96 in Northern California

March 8, 2010 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Video: Rockslide on Highway 96 in Northern California

A short 25-second video showing an impressive rock slide event. Credit to Dave’s Landslide Blog. Rock slide on Hwy 96 in Northern California near the Humboldt/Siskiyou County line. from Paul Hailey on Vimeo.

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Share on Tumblr
A portion of the geotechnical investigation at the Leo Frigo bridge on October 3, 2013
Failures

Video: Tests holes reveal buckled pile, corrosion at Leo Frigo bridge

October 7, 2013 rockman Failures 1

The Wisconsin DOT has been performing geotechnical drilling and test pitting to try and determine the cause of the foundation failure at Pier 22 of the Leo Frigo Bridge in Green Bay. They were able […]

Share this:

  • Tweet
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • More
  • Pocket
  • Share on Tumblr

Our Sponsors

Upcoming Events

Check out these upcoming events for geoprofessionals! You can submit your own events, or go to calendar view as well.

Apr 24
April 24 - April 26

Rocscience International Conference

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Organizer: Rocscience
Jun 26
June 26 - June 29

8th International Conference on Debris Flow Hazard Mitigation

Torino
Italy
Sep 17
September 17 - September 21

12th International Conference on Geosynthetics

Rome
Rome
Italy
Sep 21
September 21 - September 27

IAEG XIV Congress

China
Chengdu
China
Jul 5
July 5, 2024 - July 12, 2024

14TH ISL & RSS

Chambéry
Chambéry
France
View Calendar

Our Sponsors

Random Post by Image (Feeling Lucky?)

  • Inside the Devil's Slide tunnel construction, by kxyoung on Flickr
  • Tubes a Manchette for post-grouting a drilled shaft foundation
  • Mud creek landslide on California Highway 1 in May of 2017
  • Howard Hanson Dam grouting by Nicholson Construction
  • Devils Slide waste pile
Follow on Facebook
Recent Comments
  • Randy Post on Video of Highway 101 Landslide in California
  • GE Reviewer on San Francisco Millennium Tower Has Settled 16 Inches
  • Agus on New FHWA Soil Nail Manual Addresses LRFD, Hollow Bars
  • geoengineer Spain on Engineering Geologists vs Geological Engineers vs Geotechnical Engineers
  • Blaine J. Guidry, P.E. on A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On: Center for Geotechnical Modeling Facilitates Seismic Research

Copyright © 2007-2020 by Randy Post