Rock slide closes Hwy. 243

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Highway 74 was closed temporarily due to a rock slide last week. Photo courtesy Terri Kasinga, Caltrans
Splitting the boulder on Highway 243. Photo courtesy Terri Kasinga, Caltrans
Last week’s snow and rain caused several rock slides throughout Southern California. Here, a boulder blocking Highway 243 in the Poppet Flat area, south of Banning, is split and removed.
Photo courtesy Terri Kasinga, Caltrans

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