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
The collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct at the northern end, near the corner of Cypress and 32nd Streets
Cypress Freeway Memorial Park
The collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct seen from ground level. Note the detachment of upper vertical elements from lower and the lack of reinforcement at the point of detachment.
Portion of the collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct after the Loma Prieta earthquake; the collapse resulted in 42 fatalities.
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
Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Collapse of the top deck of the Nimitz Freeway onto the bottom deck, and resulting crashes
Collapsed upper deck section of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge – one person died