Oregon Blows Up a Massive Boulder
The 200-ton interloper didn’t last long.
The Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon landscape engaged in two high-stakes games of modified Rock, Paper, Scissors last night. In the first game, rock beat road:
New BIG ROCK (12 feet tall, 200 tons) pictures from Oregon 138E, east of Glide. Stay tuned to https://t.co/SsqxkwoOBg & 511 for updates. pic.twitter.com/uqLiTIPBMj
— Oregon DOT (@OregonDOT) March 30, 2017
In the second game, though—as you can see above—dynamite obliterated rock. “Cleaning and paving work will persist through at least the weekend,” writes Oregon Live, which posted the video. Take that, nature.
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