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Project Summary
Micropile Slide Stabilization
Blue Trail Slide
Alpine, Wyoming
H
ighway 26-89 is a heavily traveled thoroughfare, Design of Stabilized System
carrying tourists year-round to many of Wyomings The slope above the roadway was determined to have suffi-
scenic attractions, including Grand Teton and cient natural stability. However, immediately downhill of the
Yellowstone National Parks. Just southwest of Jackson roadway, a 300-ft wide unstable soil mass was identified
Hole, the highway parallels the Snake River Canyon that extended to the river below. Soils consisted of up to
through what is locally known as the Blue Trail area. Since 75 ft of primarily granular, bouldery colluvium, deposited
its construction in the 1950s, this stretch of US 89 has
required continual maintenance because of frequent land-
slides. Finally, a permanent solution to prevent further slides
was incorporated into Wyoming DOTs extensive Snake
River Canyon highway reconstruction program.
Project Summary
Blue Trail Slide, continued
advance a drill string through the beam and soil mass, termi- Hayward Baker Inc. 2009
www.HaywardBaker.com Pub No: 34966