Sunday, March 9, 2025

Clear Creek roadbed photos between bridge 703 and 705.

 Below are photos of the roadbed between bridges 703 and 705. The walking trail on the opposite side of the creek gives good access to photos of these spots. The roadbed itself can be reached by crossing the highway bridge on foot outside of the western end of Tunnel 5. Once you climb over the road/bridge wall, you can reach a walking trail intended for rock climbers (there is a small foot bridge at the beginning). After that it would take some 'off-roading' to walk to the roadbed where bridge 705 crosses to that side. I've not done it myself, but it seems feasible for the agile folks.

This segment is a little west of Forks Creek.

The photos cover the segment from the circled area in the map through to near the bridge abutments.




Above is some substantial rock cribbing above the roadbed.


Rock cribbing can be seen above the roadbed here.

A closer shot of the cribbing above the railroad grade.







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