Slide Closes Highway 299 in Trinity County
According to Caltrans District 1 and the California Highway Patrol, Highway 299 is closed in Trinity County. We have limited information on this slide right now, but we will update when we hear more.
Caltrans District 1 posted this on their Facebook page minutes ago:
Update 6:25 p.m.: Caltrans commented on their Facebook page:
This is the same location on 299 that has been sliding since January.
Update 6:30 p.m.: According to the California Highway Patrol, it is a rock slide.
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I drove past it around 3:30 and there was a worker waving me through while he was watching up the hill, intently.
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