The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area caused significant damage to transportation infrastructure and resulted in 63 deaths. The collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct killed most victims. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge also sustained damage when part of the top deck collapsed. All bridges in the area later underwent seismic retrofitting. The earthquake struck just before the third game of the 1989 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, resulting in a 10-day suspension of the championship series.
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area caused significant damage to transportation infrastructure and resulted in 63 deaths. The collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct killed most victims. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge also sustained damage when part of the top deck collapsed. All bridges in the area later underwent seismic retrofitting. The earthquake struck just before the third game of the 1989 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, resulting in a 10-day suspension of the championship series.
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area caused significant damage to transportation infrastructure and resulted in 63 deaths. The collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct killed most victims. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge also sustained damage when part of the top deck collapsed. All bridges in the area later underwent seismic retrofitting. The earthquake struck just before the third game of the 1989 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics, resulting in a 10-day suspension of the championship series.
San Francisco earthquake of 1989 damaged the transportation
United States system of the Bay Area. The collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct (Nimitz Freeway) caused most of the earthquake-related deaths. The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was also damaged when a span of the top deck collapsed. In the aftermath, all bridges in the area underwent seismic retrofitting to make them more resistant to Remarkably, the earthquake struck just earthquakes. before the start of the third game of the 1989 World Series, which was to Oakland earthquake (also known as the Loma Prieta be played in San Francisco’s earthquake). The quake struck with a moment Candlestick Park between the two Bay magnitude of 6.9 on October 17, just before the start Area baseball teams, the San Francisco of the third game of the World Series, which was Giants and the Oakland Athletics. The being held at San Francisco's Candlestick Park. Sixty- disaster’s occurrence during a major three people died, and nearly 3,800 were injured. live television broadcast meant that The baseball championship between the San news of the earthquake, as well as Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics was aerial views provided by the Goodyear suspended for 10 days, because both cities suffered blimp, reached a large audience. The significant damage. baseball championship, which was B.ASHWIN BALAJI suspended for 10 days, would come to RA191120101009 https://www.britannica.com be known as the “Earthquake Series.”