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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]
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 .
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake: Earthquake San Francisco Bay Area, California: $6,000,000,000 (1989) Including 42 deaths due to the collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct: 68 1994 American Eagle Flight 4184: Accident – aircraft Roselawn, Indiana: 66 1888 Mud Run disaster: Accident – railroad Eastern Pennsylvania: 66 1905 USS Bennington (PG-4 ...
Residents of a 65-year-old tower block in Bristol are evacuating over feal of the building collapse as structural problems of the building come to light, leaving hundreds of residents temporarily ...
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 Prieta earthquake: 42 killed Structure destroyed, remains demolished and removed. The ground-level Cypress Street is now Mandela Parkway.
The collapse happened about 5 p.m. at a structure where a rigid steel frame had been erected at Boise Airport, Boise Fire Operations Chief Aaron Hummel told reporters. A crane was placing ...