Workers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it

This beautiful passageway in Sequoia National Park is known as Tunnel Rock. This naturally occurring granite boulder was incorporated into the road construction beneath it. I'm so glad that it wasn't removed, and instead has become a beloved landmark. The rock is part of the ancient Sierra Nevada batholith, a massive granite formation created roughly 100 million years ago when molten rock slowly cooled deep underground. — Read the rest The post Workers routed a highway through this boulder rather than blast it appeared first on Boing Boing.