Cypress Street Viaduct
Construction on the second phase of the project, the double-decked viaduct portion (which started from Adeline Street in the south to the MacArthur Maze in the north), began in February 1956 by contractors Grove, Wilson, Shepard and Kruge at a cost of $8.3 million, bringing the total cost of the viaduct project to $10 million.After the earthquake stopped (with no aftershock), local residents and workers began crawling into and climbing upon the shattered structure with the goal of rescuing those left alive.[6] The collapse of the upper tier onto the lower tier resulted in 42 fatalities—while this represented two-thirds of the total quake death toll of 63,[7] it was a magnitude lower than initially feared; with San Francisco and Oakland in the World Series, many would-be commuters in both cities had left work early or stayed late to watch the upcoming Game 3, and as a result traffic on the viaduct was far lighter at the time of the quake than it normally would have been.In 1997, the Nimitz Freeway was rerouted to loop around the area using a largely ground-level design with more conventional single-level viaduct.During construction of the new section of the Nimitz Freeway, a team of archaeologists made many discoveries about the people who lived in West Oakland in the 19th century.
Nimitz FreewayCaltransSR 17OaklandUnited StatesCaliforniaAlamedaInterstate Highway SystemAuxiliarySuffixedBusinessFutureState highways in CaliforniaInterstateScenicHistoryPre‑1964UnconstructedDeletedFreewaysState Route 17Interstate 880Oakland, CaliforniaviaductSan Francisco–Oakland Bay BridgeInterstate 80West Oaklanda magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Bay AreaMandelaMacArthur Maze1989 Loma Prieta earthquakeHanshin Expresswayearthquakeground motionSan Francisco and Oakland in the World SeriesNelson MandelaBenicia–Martinez BridgeEastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay BridgeSouthern Pacific RailroadAmtrak16th Street Amtrak StationJack London SquareEmeryvilleUnited States Postal ServiceU.S. ArmyOakland Army BaseAlameda CountyHarbor TerminalDowntown OaklandSan RafaelSan FranciscoBerkeleySacramentoPete StarkLionel J. WilsonPresidentGeorge H. W. BushAlaskan Way ViaductCentral FreewayEmbarcadero FreewayInterstate 280 (California)PeopleOakland SeaportList of companiesCalifornia College of the ArtsLaney CollegeLincoln UniversityMerritt CollegeMills CollegeSamuel Merritt UniversityPatten UniversityOakland USDCastlemont HighColiseum College Prep AcademyFremont HighMcClymonds HighMetWest HighOakland HighOakland Technical HighSkyline HighAmerican Indian Model SchoolsHigh SchoolThe CrucibleBishop O'Dowd High SchoolThe College Preparatory SchoolHead-Royce SchoolOakland School for the ArtsSt. Elizabeth High SchoolMayorsCity HallCity CouncilFire DepartmentPolice DepartmentPort of OaklandTimelineOakland Railroad CompanyKey SystemNaval Supply DepotBlack Panther PartyFirestorm of 1991Oscar Grant shootingShootings of police officersRiders scandalYour Black Muslim BakeryOccupy OaklandOakland Tribune2012 Oikos University shootingGhost Ship warehouse fireOakland BallersOakland Roots SCOakland SpidersCalifornia Golden SealsGolden State WarriorsOakland AthleticsOakland RaidersCaldecott TunnelPosey and Webster Street TubesInterstate 580Interstate 980Warren FreewayInternational BoulevardOakland – Jack London Square stationOakland International AirportAC TransitEastmont Transit Center12th Street Oakland City Center