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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.
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 ...
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 .
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 ...
Structure Location Type Casualties 226 BCE: Colossus of Rhodes Collapse: City of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes (now Greece) Statue: 27: Fidenae amphitheatre collapse: Fidenae, Italia, Roman Empire: Amphitheatre: 20,000+ dead ca. 27–30: Tower of Siloam: Jerusalem, Judea, Roman Empire Tower: 18 dead 140: Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus ...
A final photo has emerged of North Carolina grandparents on the roof of their home, surrounded by floodwaters, minutes before they drowned due to Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner’s family ...
On October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. local time, the Loma Prieta earthquake occurred at the Central Coast of California. The shock was centered in The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park in Santa Cruz County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Santa Cruz on a section of the San Andreas Fault System and was named for the nearby Loma Prieta Peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
• 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 ...