Mountain Pass Road Opening (MPRO) is a hit on State Route 120 Tioga Pass again
After significant winter snowfalls, Tioga Pass was buried in snowdrifts from 15 to 50 feet deep over several miles by April 2019. Caltrans Maintenance must open this pass before summer. This is a very hazardous task, with State Route (SR) 120 right next to a steep drop-off. Maintenance workers have very little visual indications for the road location when the snow is this deep. The MPRO system uses GPS and an in-vehicle display, along with a highly accurate base map, to show the vehicle operator where they are currently at relative to the road. With AHMCT’s MPRO system, one maintenance worker can begin cutting the snow at the right location, and the other operators can use this accurate cut as a visual guideline. Using the MPRO system, Caltrans operators are opening Tioga Pass more efficiently and far more safely.