[JoshYent]

I have been seeing trucks heading westboud hauling 30-40ton rocks (their weight is spray painted on the side) every morning while heading into downtown for more than a month. They look like size of rocks used to construct or expand a jetty? Or is there a huge project going out west we havent heard about? they have been traveling in convoys of 2-5 trucks.......

looks to be a massive project :banana:

[65MAX]

Follow the trucks, maybe? Could be for the Hwy 217 widening just south of the Sunset.

[JoshYent]

Follow the trucks, maybe? Could be for the Hwy 217 widening just south of the Sunset.

they go beyond that, I get on 26wb somewhere between Shute rd, and 185th depending on traffic and my morning stops.....i have tomorrow off, i may grab my camera and investigate.

[Okstate]

I've been seeing them too.

[scleeb]

rt

[JoshYent]

I've been seeing them too.

they are massive.....i initially thought that they were being transported to a rock quarry to be crushed up into gravel.......but im thinking something larger.....either the repair of the railroad through the coast range.....or maybe repair of some of the roads that could have had landslides??

[JoshYent]

still seeing rocks, havent figured out where they're going, i would really like to solve this =D

[sowat]

Giant rocks, heading to the beach, scare Portland commuters
By Joseph Rose, The Oregonian
February 09, 2010

see link for photo:

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/giant_rocks_heading_to_the_bea.html

How's this for a highway mystery?

Someone's hauling giant boulders one by one through some of the Portland area's heaviest traffic. Freaked-out motorists have reported seeing the towering rocks chained to trailers on Interstate 5, the Fremont Bridge and U.S. 26.

Who is it?

"We can't say for sure," said Lou Torres, an Oregon Department of Ttansportation spokesman. "Apparently, whoever's hauling these things didn't need a permit."

Actually, the answer can be found with a quick search of federal stimulus projects. The 35-ton boulders are headed to the coast, where the Port of Girabaldi is using them to repair Tillamook Bay's north jetty.

The $16.1 million stimulus-funded project will improve treacherous coastal waters that have claimed the lives of 20 fishermen since 1992. "Great to see the big rocks finally arriving," said Tillamook County Commissioner Tim Josi.

The project calls for 1,100 boulders from two Washington quarries, with three a day rolling through Portland until August.

Kevin Greenwood, the port's manager, understands why the rocks give commuters a scare. Each is about the size of the movie boulder that chased Indiana Jones.

"Fortunately," he said. "they're not pefectly round like that."

[philopdx]

Reported on Skyscraperpage first.

[PDXsteve24]

The giant rocks are heading for the port of Garibaldi to repair Tillamook Bay's north jetty. http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/giant_rocks_heading_to_the_bea.html:cool:

[City of R'lyeh]

Stonehenge in PNW???

[CouvScott]

Stonehenge in PNW???

Actually, we already have one. It's near Marys Hill, WA. Check out 45deg 41' 39.72"N and 120deg 48'21.76"W on GoogleEarth.

[JoshYent]

Its Solved! Yes!

[JoshYent]

we need pix!

[JoshYent]

I need to head out to the beach to check out the extensions. Has anyone done so recently? I would love to see the improvements.. =D