Near the end of the drive to Yosemite National Park, Highway 140 comes to an abrupt stop.
Two traffic lights installed deep in a canyon direct cars one by one across two steel truss bridges that cut over the Merced River. This route bypasses the Ferguson Slide, which buried the road in rocks and debris in 2006. Peer out the windshield and you’ll see a cliff face draped in steel netting, and the frantic efforts of Caltrans workers to stop nature.
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