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on sunday, april 29th, at 3:42am, a tanker truck carrying 8600 gallons of gasoline crashed and exploded, causing the collapse of the 580 freeway overpass onto I-880. the accident occurred in oakland bordering emeryville near the entrance of the bay bridge toll plaza.
the truck driver, mr mosqueda, was heading towards a gas station near the oakland airport when he lost control of his truck, colliding with the guard-rail and eventually flipping his truck. the explosion sent flames several hundred feet into the air. the heat from the flames quickly caused the melted steel girders and bolts that supported the concrete highway to collapse. the section of the 580 freeway came crashing down 30 feet onto interstate 880 below. on an average day both sections of the freeway are used by 160,000 vehicles.
damaged is estimated in the tens of millions and will take months to repair. fortunately, the driver of the truck survived with second degree burns. he hailed down a taxi cab and he was treated at a nearby hospital.
the accident occurred only a mile away from where i live. i heard helicopters, sirens and construction vehicles all morning long but i had no clue what had happened until i read the news. when i drove to the scene of the accident it was surreal to see the melted down section of the freeway. the concrete looked like a painting by dali.
Taken from a Taxi on the way to ASHP Midyear 2008 in Orlando. I'm a little unhappy with the way the cars look but whatever...
Interstate 405 (I-405, and colloquially referred to as "The 405" or the four-oh-five) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in Southern California. It is a bypass of Interstate 5, running along the western and southern parts of the Greater Los Angeles Area from Irvine in the south to near San Fernando in the north. The entire route is known as the northern segment of the San Diego Freeway.
I-405 is a heavily-traveled thoroughfare by commuters and freight haulers along its entire length and is the busiest and most congested freeway in the United States. The freeway's annual average daily traffic between exits 21 and 22 in Seal Beach reached 374,000 in 2008, making it the highest count in the nation. It has played a crucial role in the development of dozens of cities and suburbs along its route through the Greater Los Angeles area.
This route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.
Wikipedia Quote
From "Memorandum on the Proposed Extension of the Bayshore Freeway," April 26, 1945.
The San Francisco Planning Commission did not want the Bayshore Freeway built within San Francisco. Their preference was to build instead the Marginal Freeway (Hunters Point Freeway/Southern Embarcadero Freeway/Embarcadero Freeway), or, as a second choice, the Mission Freeway reached by a tunnel through Bernal Heights.
SR 176, North of I-480, now follows the now-completed Jennings Freeway to the junction of I-71/I-90/I-490 near Downtown. Originally, the SR 176 alignment followed Broadview Road up to US 42/Pearl Road, where it originally ended.
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Unbuilt freeway from the San Francisco Trafficways Plan