1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
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On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. PDT, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred on the Central Coast of California. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, app
The collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct in Oakland, California
Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Collapse of the top deck of the Nimitz Freeway onto the bottom deck, and resulting crashes
Five people were killed on Sixth Street between Bluxome and Townsend in San Francisco as a brick facade collapsed onto the sidewalk and street.
Cypress Street Viaduct
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The Cypress Street Viaduct, often referred to as the Cypress Structure or the Cypress Freeway, was a 1.6-mile-long, raised two-deck, multi-lane freeway constructed of reinforced concrete that was orig
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
…injuries as a result of the earthquake, 400 of which were serious. The highest number of deaths, 42, occurred in Oakland because of the collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct on the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880), where the upper level of a double-deck portion of the freeway collapsed, crushing the cars on the lower level…
The collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct at the northern end, near the corner of Cypress and 32nd Streets
Cypress Freeway Memorial Park
A pile of rebar and concrete from the collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct