Show 1 i Ij I I BLOCKS BLOCKS' PROVO CANYON L Rail ana ana Highway Traffic by Snow Barrier Barrie I fi tY S 4 fr S SS S E I m S 4 j I 49 4 i 4 t 4 S. q tt S S S 5 S S SS S. S S S S SS Sr S S r- r 1 r S SJ DE P HEBE 1 S JO TO FEET LONG L LONG NG AND AVERAGE l S D DEPTH DePT Tf OF 40 FEET PEET LEH T J AMERICAN FORK S PLEASANT VIVIAN PARK 0 GROVE BRIDAL VEIL FALLS FALLS' FALLS'S S S S JT T OLMSTEAD d S I 1 h hh h G PROVO PROVO fj Where a blocked Provo canyon early Saturday Note the highway department worker n dwarfed varIed by the high barrier barrie S Tunnel Is Melted in Blockade by River RiverBy I By STAF STAFF CORRESPONDENT PROVO Feb 15 15 Provo Provo canyon remained closed t to traffic late Saturday y as rail and high highway way officials surveyed surveyed surveyed sur sur- possible means of moving ing a snow barrier piled high across th the canyon by a s slide de shortly after midnight The snow extended across U. U S. S highway No 89 the Provo river and the Denver Deriver Rio Grande W Western estern railroad rail road tracks ranging in depth up to nearly 50 feet It is be between between between tween Br Bridal dal Veil Falls Fans Vivian Park five miles from the mouth of the tha canyon There was no known loss of l lor life le leor or property damage according ac to to Grover state road maintenance maintenance main main- maintenance foreman in the canyon Slide warnings were issued Frida Friday and a a close clos check cheek had been kepton kept on traffic since that time Principal Route The slide roared down the thc stee steep sides of Hollow v some sometime sometime sometime time shortly after midnight It Th covered the road on the north side of ot the river for nearly 2000 feet The road is is' the principal route id tb Heber and the Uintah basin Until reopened traffic will ill be bo routed via ParIe Parleys Parley's s canyon and Park City to Heber then along U. U S. S highway ay No 89 to the Uintah basin The snow also aho filled the Provo Prove river channel channe and piled snow on the tho railroad tracks on the tho opposite side of ot the river Olmsted plant em emd I of the Utah Power and Light i company said id the river soon SCion forced a tunnel under the snow and the flow was near normal by early afternoon aft aft- tr Railroad officials would not venture venture ven yen ture a guess on opening of the tracks until a complete survey is made but it is believed there will willbe willbe willbe be little difficulty in restoring normal normal normal nor nor- mal tra travel vel f fMay May Build Ramp Highway officials however w were re certain it would be some time be before before before be- be fore the road would be clea cleared ed There is a a. possibility said that a ramp will bo built over the slide elide to allow temporary passage until the snow melts molts This was done four years ago when a similar elide covered the road although not to the extent of the slide sUde this morning Highway and railroad crews planning removal of the barrier went vent cautiously into the slide area As many as three slides have been beel known to occur in rapid succession in this section To be bo trapped by bythe bythe bythe the mass of onrushing snow would mean death S Dangers Increased i Slide dangers were increased by byrain byrain byrain rain and heavy snow which continued continued con con- to pile up The rain see seeping pint through loosened the packed hard snow underneath to start the slide down clown the precipitous incline Saturday Satur day dav morning S Work York on the tho Provo Prove city canyon v V P A project will vill bo ho continued the city engineers engineer's s office said Sat Sat- urda The men are aro working well welt below the slide area A danger line has been established beyond which the workers arc are not allowed to go I |