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    Why did Caltrans rebuild that section of freeway as double deck? How did
it hold up in the '89 quake? Also, how is it supposed to hold up in an
earthquake in the future?

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Robert Thomas Klein II

Email:  robertk (at) i.am

>"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message ...
> "Paul S. Highland" wrote:
>
> > Vincent Valencio wrote:
> >
> > > What has happened to the double Decker freeway in San Francisco?  You
know the
> > > one that has collapsed in the earthquake. Have they rebuilt it
stronger then before?
>
> [...]
>
> > I believe all those structures were built in the 1950s with inadequate
> > bracing.  While construction standards have improved vastly since then,
> > many people might still have fears about double-deck structures being
> > unsafe.
>
> I admit that I cringe every time I end up driving on the double-deck
> portion of the 280 "extension", especially when I'm on the lower
> (northbound) part. (I cringe a little less driving on the Bay Bridge.)
>
> --
> after the crash, there will be fewer resources, fewer products, less
> advertising... and fewer designers. there will be no more sumptuous
> coffee table annuals, no more mass-mailings on creamy paper inviting
> members to attend gala events in distant cities. phone messages will
> be left unanswered, email unreturned, websites unsurfed. there will
> be less paper and more trees, fewer cars and more walkers, less airtime
> and more air. people will feel less assaulted by images and products
> and more attentive to the spaces between them. and they will begin to
> call these undesigned spaces "nature."
>
> - Adbusters (www.adbusters.org)