Caring for the Caldecott Tunnel that provides a critical link for State Route 24 between Oakland and Orinda in Alameda and Contra Costa counties requires nearly round-the-clock work.
In the video below, the California Department of Transportation provides a behind-the-scenes look at the maintenance operations occurring at night in the tunnel – including cleaning and inspection tasks.
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Theodorus “Dorus” Rijkers, who was credited with saving hundreds of lives from shipwrecks along the coast of the Netherlands, died at the age of 81 in Den Helder. Rijkers had been born in that Dutch city in 1847.
Read more: https://transportationhistory.org/2021/04/19/1928-a-widely-acclaimed-lifeboat-captain-crosses-the-bar/
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