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That is pretty funny. I imagine that a councilman's brother-in-law was the contractor.
 
There is an existing railroad track on the left, that I'm sure the new road had to go above. My guess is that there wasn't enough room to do that, without the grade being too steep. Hence the loop.
 
He learned all he knows about road building from these! :D

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Think Tehachapi Loop. Gain or lose a lot of elevation in a short line of sight distance.

Think trucks with big heavy loads. Think Bikes.

Looks normal to me.
 
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Think Tehachapi Loop..
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I wonder how many here even know what that is? I tried to take some pictures of it a few years back, but couldn't find a vantage point that really showed a single train crossing over itself.

There are also a couple of places near Mt Rushmore where the road makes a tight loop, because the hill was too steep for switchbacks.
 
Great drifting practice!
 
Wow - I'd never known about the Tehachapi Loop until this thread. Here's a real-time video:


Built before 1880. Double wow.
 
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