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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 (2.5 km), raised two-deck, multi-lane (four lanes per tier) freeway constructed of reinforced concrete that was originally part of the Nimitz Freeway (State Route 17, and later, Interstate 880) in Oakland, California, United States.
Miracle on Interstate 880 (1993), a TV movie fictionalization and re-enactment of events at the collapsed Cypress Structure. [citation needed] Journeyman (2007), TV show on NBC in which the main character travels back in time to save a person who died during the earthquake. Occurs in the third episode, "Game Three," in reference to the 1989 ...
Pages in category "Building and structure collapses in 1989" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1 April 1989: Northbound lanes of U.S. 51 over the Hatchie River: Shifting river channel, deterioration of foundation timber piles 8 killed Total collapse NTSB faulted Tennessee for not fixing the bridge before the collapse Cypress Street Viaduct: Oakland, California: United States 17 October 1989: I-880 (Nimitz Freeway) Destroyed in Loma ...
At least one person was killed in the partial collapse of the under-construction Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 12, Governor John Edwards said in a press conference.Fire ...
They stood out among abstract depictions of the bridge collapse and salvage efforts as well as a violent scene from the U.S. southern border that showed a row of armored officers fighting back ...
• Search pauses after 2 bodies found: Two construction workers were found trapped in a red pickup in the Patapsco River at the middle of the collapsed bridge, according to the Maryland State ...
The worst disaster of the earthquake was the collapse of the double-deck Cypress Street Viaduct of Interstate 880 in West Oakland. The failure of a 1.25-mile (2.0 km) section [69] of the viaduct, also known as the "Cypress Structure" and the "Cypress Freeway", [22] killed 42 and injured many more. [70]