Devil’s slide and Shamrock Ranch slip-out are both deteriorating

Wednesday afternoon, Coastsider visited the Devil’s Slide just 48 hours after our first visit on Monday.  We were surprised by the amount of deterioration both at the Slide itself and at the slip-out at Shamrock Ranch.

It was clear that in just two days the situation had become significantly worse.

The principal cracks in the pavement at the Slide were wider, the differences in the elevation between each side of the crack had increased from a couple of inches to six inches, the number of smaller cracks in the pavement had increased, and the whole section of highway at the Slide had become a noticeable dip in the road.

Meanwhile, the slip-out at Shamrock Ranch had gone from being a dip to a hole.

Barry Parr	Cheri Parr
Monday: The concrete barriers were already displaced and lower than the pavement by about a foot.	Wednesday: The concrete barriers had sunk at least another foot so that their tops were even with the pavement and the gap between them and the pavement has increased greatly.

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Barry Parr

Monday: The large longitudinal cracks were about for inches wide and the cliff side of the crack was a couple of inches higher than the ocean side.

Cheri Parr

Wednesday: The cracks were about 8 inches wide and the elevation difference was about 6 inches.  You can also see in this picture how the road dips noticeably on the southern side of the white paint line that marks the slippage.

Darin Boville

Sunday: This picture shows the Shamrock Ranch slip-out on Sunday afternoon, when it was a dip in the road. The slip-out is on the left side of the road in this photo.

Cheri Parr

Wednesday: The dip had become a hole and the shoulder had fallen even further from the road.