Named after a Zionist criminal!
"2 sleek tunnels set to open in California" Associated Press, February 25, 2013
PACIFICA, Calif. — Two slick mile-long tunnels are undergoing final safety tests this month, poised to divert motorists away from an ocean cliff-hanging roadway dubbed Devil’s Slide south of San Francisco to a smooth, Alpine-like passageway unlike any other in the United States.
The $439 million project, paid with federal emergency funds, features massive exhaust fans, carbon monoxide sensors and a pair of 1,000-foot bridges soaring 125 feet above a grassy horse ranch. A series of 10 fireproof shelters are staggered between the double bores, and remote cameras dangle from the ceiling, monitored by an around-the-clock safety staff of 15.
The tunnels, the first in the United States designed and built with an Austrian technique, have a Euro-glossiness to them, with white, glistening walls and shiny pipes gliding down a rounded ceiling. There’s a bit of theme park vibe as well, with retaining walls and fake boulders at the entrance sculpted by the man who shaped and molded Disneyland’s Indiana Jones ride.
The Tom Lantos Tunnels, named after the late congressman, are the first tunnels built in California in more than 50 years....
Because of earthquakes?
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Also see: Water Under the California Bridge
