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California 480 Freeway: 20 years later

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Carl Rogers

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Oct 17, 2009, 11:31:44 AM10/17/09
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Hi Viatologists,

On October 17th 1989, the California 480 Freeway fell in the Loma
Prieta earthquake. The double-decker signature freeway had overlay
the Embarcadero and San Francisco and its bayside ports. Today, there
are very little remnants of the 480 as the greenery projects and
Interstate 80 reconstruction continues near the western span of the
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

In 2005, the Worldwide Transportation Library (WWTL) did some forensic
studies of Route 480 -- or what was left of it at the time. These
photographs are available at http://wwtl.info/#ca-480.html .

Since 1989, the state of California has invested billions of dollars
in seismic retrofitting for its bridges across the state to handle
earthquakes at 7.0 on the richter scale or above.

The WWTL not only provides a wide collection of California State Route
photographs, but also the largest sampling of roads in the United
States and the world. Visit today at http://wwtl.info .

Cheers,

Carl Rogers
"Environment first, transportology second"
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Otto Yamamoto

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Oct 17, 2009, 3:04:48 PM10/17/09
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You fail it. As usual. It was the Nimitz Freeway not the Embarcadero.
You *should* know that, since you live there. But then you'll piss out
anything to try and get a site hit, won't you.

Hatunen

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Oct 17, 2009, 3:25:23 PM10/17/09
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On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:31:44 -0700 (PDT), Carl Rogers
<postm...@wwtl.info> wrote:

>Hi Viatologists,
>
>On October 17th 1989, the California 480 Freeway fell in the Loma
>Prieta earthquake.

No it didn't. It stayed up, but had suffered some damage and was
was finally demolished. And good riddance, I say.

>The double-decker signature freeway had overlay
>the Embarcadero and San Francisco and its bayside ports. Today, there
>are very little remnants of the 480 as the greenery projects and
>Interstate 80 reconstruction continues near the western span of the
>San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
>
>In 2005, the Worldwide Transportation Library (WWTL) did some forensic
>studies of Route 480 -- or what was left of it at the time. These
>photographs are available at http://wwtl.info/#ca-480.html .

Nope. The photo may be 480, but 480 ended way before it got to
Pier 39 s the photo description claims.

>Since 1989, the state of California has invested billions of dollars
>in seismic retrofitting for its bridges across the state to handle
>earthquakes at 7.0 on the richter scale or above.
>
>The WWTL not only provides a wide collection of California State Route
>photographs, but also the largest sampling of roads in the United
>States and the world. Visit today at http://wwtl.info .

Unfortunately, the above rather makes shreds of your credibility.

>Cheers,
>
>Carl Rogers
>"Environment first, transportology second"
>********
>Worldwide Transportation Library (WWTL):
>http://wwtl.info
>http://m.wwtl.info [Mobile]
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Complete coverage of international roads and railways.
>Since 2000, we have offered several photographs, videos and
>Virtual 360 captures -- to each viatologist & transportologist.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>********

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Harry K

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Oct 17, 2009, 3:41:39 PM10/17/09
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On Oct 17, 12:25 pm, Hatunen <hatu...@cox.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:31:44 -0700 (PDT), Carl Rogers
>
> <postmas...@wwtl.info> wrote:
> >Hi Viatologists,
>
> >On October 17th 1989, the California 480 Freeway fell in the Loma
> >Prieta earthquake.
>
> No it didn't. It stayed up, but had suffered some damage and was
> was finally demolished. And good riddance, I say.
>
> >The double-decker signature freeway had overlay
> >the Embarcadero and San Francisco and its bayside ports.  Today, there
> >are very little remnants of the 480 as the greenery projects and
> >Interstate 80 reconstruction continues near the western span of the
> >San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
>
> >In 2005, the Worldwide Transportation Library (WWTL) did some forensic
> >studies of Route 480 -- or what was left of it at the time.  These
> >photographs are available athttp://wwtl.info/#ca-480.html.
>
> Nope. The photo may be 480, but 480 ended way before it got to
> Pier 39 s the photo description claims.
>
> >Since 1989, the state of California has invested billions of dollars
> >in seismic retrofitting for its bridges across the state to handle
> >earthquakes at 7.0 on the richter scale or above.
>
> >The WWTL not only provides a wide collection of California State Route
> >photographs, but also the largest sampling of roads in the United
> >States and the world.  Visit today athttp://wwtl.info.
>
> Unfortunately, the above rather makes shreds of your credibility.

He _has_ credibility? When did that happen?

Harry K

Hatunen

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Oct 17, 2009, 4:28:10 PM10/17/09
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Sorry. I meant "further shreds your credibility".

necromancer

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Oct 17, 2009, 7:35:45 PM10/17/09
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On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:28:10 -0700, Hatunen <hat...@cox.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:41:39 -0700 (PDT), Harry K
><turnk...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Oct 17, 12:25�pm, Hatunen <hatu...@cox.net> wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, the above rather makes shreds of your credibility.
>>
>>He _has_ credibility? When did that happen?
>
>Sorry. I meant "further shreds your credibility".

Fair enough, but to, "further shred," his credibility, doesn't he have
to _have_ credibility first, for in my view he has *no* credibility to
begin with....

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"Somebody is trying to suck on the teat of the WHL...
You'll never make it anywhere, necrophiliac."
--Carl Rogers - 2/18/08

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Der Tschonnie

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Oct 17, 2009, 9:51:08 PM10/17/09
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On Oct 17, 4:35 pm, necromancer
<a_septic_yank@worldofnecromancer_no_spam_no_way.org> wrote:
> Msg Id: Clouj.11632$Ej5.6...@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net

Pondering the fact or false memory that 10/17/89 was when the Berlin
Wall was breached.

Hatunen

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Oct 17, 2009, 10:35:19 PM10/17/09
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On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:51:08 -0700 (PDT), Der Tschonnie
<johnma...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Pondering the fact or false memory that 10/17/89 was when the Berlin
>Wall was breached.

More like 9 Nov 1989.

17 Oct 1989 was the Loma Prieta earthquake; it gave me a good
scare.

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