Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays

Re:Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays by Animats on Sunday December 27, 2015 @06:49PM (#10799162)

"1989 Embarcadero collapse"? Didn't happen. One double deck in the East Bay collapsed because of bad design at the joint between the upper columns and the lower columns.

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Re:Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays by CamperBob2 on Sunday December 27, 2015 @07:28PM (#10799252)

I've heard those arguments but I'm not qualified to take a position on them either way. I also don't know how much trust to put in the studies that predict doom for the Viaduct in a future Nisqually-class earthquake, or how much trust to put in the engineers who say that a similar earthquake won't be even more disastrous for drivers caught in the tunnel. None of these people have a great track record for accurate prognostications.

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Re:Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays by xzzx77 on Monday December 28, 2015 @12:05AM (#10799961)

While the Embarcadero freeway was only damaged, resulting in its demolition, the Cypress st viaduct in West Oakland did collapse in the 1989 quake.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress_Street_Viaduct

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Re:Bertha back on the move after 2 years of delays by GFK_of_xmaspast on Sunday December 27, 2015 @08:17PM (#10799362)

It didn't collapse but it was severely damaged.

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