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posted by martyb on Tuesday October 23 2018, @10:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the under-way dept.

The Boring Company's LA test tunnel is almost complete

Today, Elon Musk announced via Twitter that the first Boring Company test tunnel under Los Angeles is almost finished. When it's complete, the system will be able to carry pedestrians, cyclists and private vehicles at speeds of 155 mph. People will be able to try the loop out for free at a special event at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA, on December 10th.

Also at LA Times, The Verge, and The Washington Post.

Previously: Elon Musk's Boring Tunnel Near Los Angeles
Elon Musk pitches $1, 150 MPH "Loop" Rides under Los Angeles

Related: Washington, D.C. Granted Elon Musk's Boring Company an Excavation Permit for Possible Hyperloop
Elon Musk's Boring Company Wins Chicago O'Hare International Airport Transportation Contract
Elon Musk's Boring Bricks


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  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Tuesday October 23 2018, @09:12PM (1 child)

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Tuesday October 23 2018, @09:12PM (#752590)

    The parts that fell were built on "made" ground*. The parts that held up were built on bedrock. If you mark a map of the areas where the worst damage occurred during the quake you will be mapping the areas of the city built on made ground. Such ground liquefies in a quake and tends to shake like jello.

    *An area of dry land that has been made by people, generally through the reclamation of marshes, lakes, or shorelines. An artificial fill (landfill) is used, consisting of natural materials, refuse, etc.

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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday October 24 2018, @01:46AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday October 24 2018, @01:46AM (#752724) Homepage Journal

    It parallels a river one block away, and had quite a lot of damage with two people killed. But elsewhere in Santa Cruz there wasn't much damage. One house was destroyed when its water heater set it on fire, but at my own place there was no damage at all.

    When they rebuilt the St. George Hotel in downtown, they used a pile driver to drive extremely long concrete posts all the way down to the bedrock, then rested the new place's foundation on those posts.

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