Salvage Sailor Posted October 10, 2022 Share #1 Posted October 10, 2022 Kolekole Pass, Oahu Kolekole Pass is a mountain pass at an elevation of 504m (1,653ft) above the sea level, located on the island of Oahu, the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, USA. The pass is located in the Waianae Mountain Range. The road to the summit through the mountains connecting central and west Oahu is called Kole Kole Pass Road. It’s asphalted but very steep. Access to the road and the pass is restricted to military personnel, but is occasionally opened to the public during emergencies. Heavy rains and rock slides can close the road anytime. Originally a path of crushed lava rock and red dirt, the paved road was begun in 1937 by the 3rd Engineers. There are sheer drops virtually along the entire route and enough hairpins to make anyone dizzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted October 10, 2022 Kole Kole Pass 1928 MP Road Guards with batons and brassards halting traffic on the road, wearing those particular HD white faced leggings Some arrived on horseback, many walked Some folks came by automobile They gathered on the rocks Across from one another On both sides of the road As the sun rose and the band began the hymns Kole Kole Pass Easter Service 1928 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted October 10, 2022 11th Tank Company 1925 Maneuvers Traversing Kole Kole Pass 11th Tank Officer walking the track as the Tanks follow in trail First Tank in line, followed by three more. Note that the Officer is now at the pass on the left rounding the corner. Tank Guides fore and aft watching the drivers Descending Kole Kole Pass on the Waianae Coast side (Westside of Oahu) Keeping a watchful eye on his treads and drivers Sliding down hill 11th Tank Company Hawaiian Department Maneuvers 1925 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted October 14, 2022 11th Field Artillery traversing Kole Kole Pass in 1926 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 14, 2022 Share #5 Posted October 14, 2022 My wife insisted we drive this road during our honeymoon in the 90s as she had grown up living on Naval Magazine Lualualei. It was pretty tight, for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted October 14, 2022 At the west end of Kole Kole Road on the Waianae Coastline US NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT, Lualualei, Oahu, Hawaii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakleaf777 Posted October 18, 2022 Share #7 Posted October 18, 2022 Remember well how spooky it was to drive up the road to the Kole Kole Pass late at night while on patrol alone in an MP vehicle. Lots of stories about that place being haunted. That rock was especially creepy…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted November 23, 2022 Kole Kole Pass Road field construction photos - not the best resolution, taken by the contractors as the roadbed was being laid under the direction of the US Third Engineer Regiment. 3rd Engineers, Kole Kole pass road Supervisors Command Post (note the sign at lower right) Chow Tent - Shade from the Tropical Sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share #9 Posted November 23, 2022 Preparing for Blasting - note the original single path 'road' snaking it's way to the Westside and the ocean. This was widened and the shoulders were hammered and blasted away. Engineers on the slope at left with compressed air lines and jackhammer drills, compressor in foreground Back off a safe distance and... 'FIRE IN THE HOLE' Now we've got some elbow room, just have to clear the debris and lay the roadbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted November 23, 2022 Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, it's off to work we go... Always more debris to clear and a little more blasting to move the boulders Gravel conveyor for the aggregate Retaining walls and another pesky boulder to blast Protecting Kolekole Rock ...as the road takes shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted November 23, 2022 Progress, we've 'moved the mountain' ...and made a very windy road with hairpin turns and no rails yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted November 23, 2022 Descending to the Westside Then & Now To the Makai Side - The Ocean Beyond Then & Now To the Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 9 Author Share #13 Posted April 9 On 10/9/2022 at 2:38 PM, Salvage Sailor said: Kole Kole Pass 1928 MP Road Guards with batons and brassards halting traffic on the road, wearing those particular HD white faced leggings Some arrived on horseback, many walked Some folks came by automobile They gathered on the rocks Across from one another On both sides of the road As the sun rose and the band began the hymns Kole Kole Pass Easter Service 1928 95 year bump... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30thguy Posted April 10 Share #14 Posted April 10 I drove that road many a time in the 70's I was stationed at Naval Magazine Lualualei Waikele Branch near Waipahu. I was member of a Net Team that responded to certain emergencies and this was one of the roads we took for training exercises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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