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The Tom Lantos Tunnels are two tunnels located within the coastal promontory of Montara Mountain, on the San Francisco Peninsula in California, United States, created to allow rerouting State Route 1 to avoid a portion of roadway known as Devil's Slide.
Replacing an infamous coastal stretch of California’s State Route 1—coined Devil’s Slide due to its lengthy closures from land slippages and rockslides—the Tom Lantos Tunnels project provides a safer and far more reliable mobility solution for motorists dependent on the route.
15 mar 2023 · The northern edge of the Devil’s Slide starts in southern Pacifica, just before Highway One enters the Tom Lantos tunnel. The southern end Devil’s Slide is where the Highway One emerges from the tunnel, just before nearby Gray Whale Cove State Beach Park (which is a little jewel of a beach and worth a visit).
Caltrans cut the ribbon today for the first new highway tunnels in California in nearly 50 years and the longest tunnels in the state — the new Devil’s Slide Tunnels on State Route 1 in San Mateo County. The tunnels will officially open to the public tomorrow morning.
1937: Caltrans completes a 5.9-mile extension of Highway 1 traversing Devils Slide between Pacifica and Montara. It follows much of the same path as the Ocean Shore Railway. 1938: A landslide forces the first major closure of the highway at Devils Slide.
15 sty 2021 · SAN MATEO COUNTY - The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans Bay Area) will conduct its annual mandatory emergency response drill at the State Route 1 (SR-1) Tom Lantos (Devil’s Slide) Tunnels.
2 kwi 2024 · The Tom Lantos Tunnels couldn’t prevent all crashes on Devil’s Slide. From the time the tunnels opened until 2022, at least nine people died in wrecks near or just south of the area.
