Caltrans detonates massive boulder that crashed onto highway near South Lake Tahoe, prompting closure: Video

A Caltrans crew detonated a massive boulder that had crashed onto Highway 50, prompting a temporary closure of a key route near South Lake Tahoe.

LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KABC) -- Caltrans crews successfully blasted apart a gigantic boulder that was blocking traffic on a highway near South Lake Tahoe.

The boulder, described as being the size of a small cabin, crashed onto Highway 50 near Echo Summit during Thursday's storm in the Sierra Nevada. No injuries or veh
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Crews worked for hours in below-freezing conditions to drill into the rock -- so that the explosion would break the rock into small enough pieces for trucks to clear out.
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Workers successfully cleared all the rubble off the road, and highway 50 has now reopened in both directions.

Huge boulder crashes onto highway near Lake Tahoe, prompting closure

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Caltrans detonates massive boulder that crashed onto highway near Lake Tahoe, prompting closure