BARRE, Vt. -
An enormous pile of ledge rock covers a good portion of a northbound lane on Interstate 89.
"This rock slide that was clear out into the passing lane. Didn't block it totally but just enough to slow it down," said George Mccool, with VTrans. The rocks fell about 50 feet onto thinterstate some of them weighing a hefty amount.
"We're estimating 75 tons for that one alone and there's about four of those and you don't know what's underneath it," said Mccool.
Slowing down traffic and now left without support, Vtrans worries more rocks might fall, "You've got that one corner point that's hanging right there and that's our biggest concern."
Mccool says he believes weather took a toll on the rock wall, "This time of year it's been so dry, that that fine silt is coming out of the cracks."
Excavators will be brought in to break up the big chunks of rock and then assessment to the road damage will begin.
