The giant roadheader made a small ceremonial cut Aug. 8 for a public event, but it had to back out and wait for crews to use torches and other tools to cut out metal reinforcement embedded into the hill to stabilize the east portal of the tunnel.
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The giant roadheader made a small ceremonial cut Aug. 8 for a public event, but it had to back out and wait for crews to use torches and other tools to cut out metal reinforcement embedded into the hill to stabilize the east portal of the tunnel.
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Caltrans will close the connector between westbound Route 24 and Northbound Highway 13 beginning at 5PM on Friday, August 27 until Monday, August 30 at 5AM. Traffic seeking northbound Hwy 13 will be detoured onto the Caldecott Lane off-ramp. Signs will guide motorists to northbound Hwy 13.
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Caltrans contractors plan to start carving out the fouth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel on Monday. The roadheader that is being used for the project is a 130-ton, 54-foot-long and 14-foot-tall excavation device with a rotating cutter mounted on a boom. The roadheader will dig the 3,389-foot-long bore that Keep reading >> By: kayla 
[ July 30, 2010 5:00 pm to August 2, 2010 5:00 am. ] According to Caldecott-tunnel.org, Caltrans will close the connector between westbound Route 24 and Northbound Highway 13 beginning at 5 PM on Friday- July 30 until Monday-August 2 at 5 AM. Traffic seeking northbound Hwy 13 will be detoured onto the Caldecott Lane off-ramp. Signs will guide motorists to northbound Keep reading >> By: kayla
According to mercurynews.com, fossil hunter Joshua Wyatt recently found the imprint of an avocado tree leaf- about 10 million years old- preserved in smooth rock like leaves flattened between layers of wax paper. The excavation of the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel has opened a door for paleontologists to Keep reading >> By: kayla
July 6-8 the far right lane (#4) of westbound Route 24 will be closed. Work crews will begin the closure at 7:30 PM and full closure will take place at 8:30 PM. The closure will take place until 4:00 AM.
During those nights, the Wilder off-ramp will be closed from Keep reading >> By: kayla
Construction on the fourth bore is expected to enter a new phase this week with assembly of the road header on the Orinda side in preparation to begin boring a hole in the mountain. Jeff Weiss, Caltrans spokesman said, “There’s still a lot of work to be done building Keep reading >> By: kayla
According to caldecott-tunnel.org, Caltrans crews added sections of concrete barrier to the southern edge of the pavement on Fish Ranch Road, adjacent to the area where the new retaining wall is being built. The barrier will prevent errant vehicles from traveling off the pavement over the steep hillside.
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Work crews closed one lane of the Caldecott Lane just west of the Kay Street overpass on June 4th from 7pm to 11am on June 5th. The contractor, according to caldecottt-tunnel.org, was building a 240-foot right turn pocket at the southwest corner of Caldecott Lane and Kay Street. Caltrans and Keep reading >> By: kayla
Caltrans began tree removal on the Caldecott Fourth Bore Project the week of February 14, 2010. The trees were removed to provide space to build the tunnel, retaining walls, sound walls and for creating areas for project staging.
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