A crane and helicopter will help mount the wire mesh fence along the rock wall adjacent to the westbound lane of S.R. 158, according to UDOT. The work is to be done by late August.

About a decade ago, gabion walls were constructed to slow erosion and protect the sewer line. The walls were made of rocks, dirt and other earthen materials placed inside wire structures.

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 during the Cold War to separate the Soviet-controlled East and the Democratic West. The wall, made of concrete and barbed wire, stood for 28 years.

Old walls made of native rocks line many of Kansas City's streets. William Rockhill Nelson, a real estate developer who founded the Kansas City Star, built "miles" of rock walls from limestone on ...

A rock wall abutting SR158 will get heavy wire mesh to guard against rock falls. A man was injured Dec. 15, 2018, when a boulder fell from the wall and crashed through the windshield of the truck ...