If one good thing came out of the Loma Prieta earthquake it was this freeway being damaged beyond repair. It looks much better now and access to the waterfront was restored.. Except for the businesses in Chinatown almost everybody else preferred the freeway gone.
The music had to have been added afterwards (even though you would hear this kind of music throughout the film) because the song came out four years after the movie did.
This freeway didnt collapse but it was damaged after the quake and demolished. The Cypress Street freeway in Oakland was the one that collapsed, it was a similar design to this.
Was this freeway damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake? Is that why they tore it down?
In downtown St. Louis there is a doubledecker stretch of US 40 / I-64 leaded to the Popular Street Bridge that creeps me out whenever we drive on it since the 1989 earthquake.
Quad8trak, you're about the only one who thought the Embarcadero Freeway was beautiful. I thought it was UGLY and what it did to the waterfront was a disaster. So glad they tore it down.
Let's start from where 101 turns. run it Just S. of marina, squeeze just betweeen Moscone Rec center an Ft.Mason Jog to go between N.Point and bay. It would turn between stockton and kearney,come close to pioner park. jog to go between kearn and montgomery, then 2nd and 3rd. Between 2nd and 3rd is where 480 meetes 80. The old ramps to Trnsbay come back, and between mission and martket run the ramps to access the Emb.
Ahh, yes i saw an article in Cincy Enquirer that cities are tearing down their downtown freeways. 40 in OK city's being replace with an underground frwy. They said that the city streets absorbed 480's traffic, and also that when NY lost its freewys Tribeca and other districts survied and the did fine. Well the streets of SF absorbed not very well. They could have even rerouted 480 away from the bay!
The Embarcadero Freeway was beautiful and very useful. When looking at downtown from Treasure Island, the double-decker freeway looked like a ribbon being tied around the skyscrapers.
Tearing down the freeways basically put the traffic down on the streets. No one gave up their car as a result of tearing down the freeways.
Stupid that the city paid $100,000 (52 I think) A PIECE for those palm trees along the Embarcadero.
Once Embarcadero 4 was completed in1982, the skyline was perfected.
What they should've done is put the freeway underground like they did in Boston. They should also do that with the Central(101) to connect the two bridges and with 19th Ave(1). SF has very bad traffic.
I doubt they'd build big dig scale tunnels due to all the fault lines and such. The Embarcadero was an awesome freeway. Shame about the quakes and the bad location.
They could build a big dig tunnel in SF, Helmut. Even with the fault lines, San Francisco has two subway tunnels with plans for another, plus they have the BART tube that goes under the bay. So it's possible, but California's budget problems are keeping anything from happening.
Also, it would be impossible to build a tunnel along the Embarcadero because the land is reclaimed- you'll strike water, and earthquake damage would be deadly because the waves would travel through the water as if it were to destroy everything in it's path (because it will).
I think some high rise condo's occupies the old interchange between the bay bridge and embarcadero freeway. I think the end of the Embarcadero Freeway is where KGO-TV is at right now.
i heard that the e.m.b. freeway was torn down in the early 90's. did it survive the loma prieta? or was it damaged by the loma prieta and then torn down?
It was not damanged critically, but it was decided not to repair it due to it being a pet-hate of so many ingrates. Instead it was torn down. Original plans called for it to pass along the waterfront to the Golden Gate bridge approaches, though because of the inane "Freeway Revolt" of the late 60's - 70's, it was discarded from the regional transportation plans.
Yes, that sequence was right before this one if memory serves. There was also a similar sequence of people going up and down the escalators inside the World Trade Center PATH station.
maybe they could have aligned 480 better, or had kept just enough so that 280 could have linked to 280. Also, maybe they could have redesigned it, so that it would not have been an ugly blocking wall.
They could transform The Embarcadero (the boulevard) into an expressway. They already have it divided, they just need to build exits, or better, have intersections at the most major streets and have an "express lane" that skips the exits. They could have a parallel road that is given exits every now and then which provides access to every pier and for those wanting a scenic view. I think it'll be perfect, a freeway that looks like a boulevard!
-the unfinished conectors on the embarcadero-like it should have been in the early 70's, maybe it would have been "saved " or if the 280 were to be finished up to that point, the BLVD idea would fit for traffic to head north or south
I miss this Freeway so much! This should have been rebuilt !
deloreanx 7 months ago 2
If one good thing came out of the Loma Prieta earthquake it was this freeway being damaged beyond repair. It looks much better now and access to the waterfront was restored.. Except for the businesses in Chinatown almost everybody else preferred the freeway gone.
wwttcc 9 months ago
@wwttcc
And with the new Central Subway being built, not even Chinatown can complain anymore.
Enigmatism415 9 months ago
why w0nt they rebuild this freeway
MacPr0xnxx0 11 months ago
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1 - Car travel is being slowly displaced by mass transit
2 - Space
3 - Cost
4 - Aesthetics
Enigmatism415 11 months ago
@Enigmatism415 hmm that suxs because it was a nice freeway liked the design
MacPr0xnxx0 11 months ago
@MacPr0xnxx0 You do remember what happened to this freeway during the 1989 earthquake, right?
machinesbreathe 11 months ago
The hotel on the right at 0.13 is where the Steve McQueen movie Bullitt was filmed in 1968.
northbeachson 1 year ago
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0.13, the hotel used in the Steve McQueen movie Bullitt. To the right.
northbeachson 1 year ago
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northbeachson 1 year ago
That was an eyesore. It looks much better now :D
FreewayTitan 1 year ago
So glad that thing is gone.
surrealhamper 1 year ago
Tempe, AZ 480!!!
sargentcrackers 1 year ago
Very cool indeed; this is the first sped-up video I've seen of the Embarcadero Freeway.
FreewayBrent 1 year ago
The music had to have been added afterwards (even though you would hear this kind of music throughout the film) because the song came out four years after the movie did.
Coastergeekperson04 2 years ago
im guessing the orange part is where it fell
Crazyconcoctions 2 years ago
This freeway didnt collapse but it was damaged after the quake and demolished. The Cypress Street freeway in Oakland was the one that collapsed, it was a similar design to this.
HelmutVillam 2 years ago
i remember this
vakkav 2 years ago
thats sick i never got to see it in real life rebuild it!!!
emace3 2 years ago
it was an awsome free that me and my dad use to roll on all the itme!
phillymcfly21 2 years ago
too bad that dosent exist anymore that woodve been a kool freeway
Rocafile 2 years ago
thats hella weird but i think it looks way better now w/o a freeway
iloveyousj06 2 years ago 5
so many cities in america need to destroy monstrosities like this freeway.
futbolt 3 years ago
and suggest an option
annihilus2 3 years ago
Was this freeway damaged by the Loma Prieta earthquake? Is that why they tore it down?
In downtown St. Louis there is a doubledecker stretch of US 40 / I-64 leaded to the Popular Street Bridge that creeps me out whenever we drive on it since the 1989 earthquake.
bradhig 3 years ago
They were planning on tearing it down way before the earthquake, but the earthquake managed to do half the job.
Coastergeekperson04 3 years ago
Would that work?
biruss 3 years ago
What do you think of my alternate routing?
biruss 3 years ago
Quad8trak, you're about the only one who thought the Embarcadero Freeway was beautiful. I thought it was UGLY and what it did to the waterfront was a disaster. So glad they tore it down.
BobR1955 3 years ago
awesome :D US freeways are so unique
concrete376 3 years ago 4
I say good ridance.
bluespiral58 3 years ago
Let's start from where 101 turns. run it Just S. of marina, squeeze just betweeen Moscone Rec center an Ft.Mason Jog to go between N.Point and bay. It would turn between stockton and kearney,come close to pioner park. jog to go between kearn and montgomery, then 2nd and 3rd. Between 2nd and 3rd is where 480 meetes 80. The old ramps to Trnsbay come back, and between mission and martket run the ramps to access the Emb.
biruss 3 years ago
Ahh, yes i saw an article in Cincy Enquirer that cities are tearing down their downtown freeways. 40 in OK city's being replace with an underground frwy. They said that the city streets absorbed 480's traffic, and also that when NY lost its freewys Tribeca and other districts survied and the did fine. Well the streets of SF absorbed not very well. They could have even rerouted 480 away from the bay!
biruss 3 years ago
Many people are saying that 480 could have been re-routed away from the Bay. I'm curious as to how this would be done.
Enigmatism415 3 years ago
The Embarcadero Freeway was beautiful and very useful. When looking at downtown from Treasure Island, the double-decker freeway looked like a ribbon being tied around the skyscrapers.
Tearing down the freeways basically put the traffic down on the streets. No one gave up their car as a result of tearing down the freeways.
Stupid that the city paid $100,000 (52 I think) A PIECE for those palm trees along the Embarcadero.
Once Embarcadero 4 was completed in1982, the skyline was perfected.
Quad8track 3 years ago 4
What they should've done is put the freeway underground like they did in Boston. They should also do that with the Central(101) to connect the two bridges and with 19th Ave(1). SF has very bad traffic.
godgundam10 3 years ago
I doubt they'd build big dig scale tunnels due to all the fault lines and such. The Embarcadero was an awesome freeway. Shame about the quakes and the bad location.
HelmutVillam 3 years ago 2
They could build a big dig tunnel in SF, Helmut. Even with the fault lines, San Francisco has two subway tunnels with plans for another, plus they have the BART tube that goes under the bay. So it's possible, but California's budget problems are keeping anything from happening.
godgundam10 3 years ago
Fair enough, I don't have much knowledge about SF, I'm from England ^_^
On another note, what section of Koyaanisqatsi was this clip from?
HelmutVillam 3 years ago
What do they do with all the exhaust?
'ALL VEHICLES MUST HAVE 75 MPG OR HIGHER TO ENTER THE SUNSET FREEWAY"
Coastergeekperson04 3 years ago
Also, it would be impossible to build a tunnel along the Embarcadero because the land is reclaimed- you'll strike water, and earthquake damage would be deadly because the waves would travel through the water as if it were to destroy everything in it's path (because it will).
Coastergeekperson04 2 years ago
I think some high rise condo's occupies the old interchange between the bay bridge and embarcadero freeway. I think the end of the Embarcadero Freeway is where KGO-TV is at right now.
dinfg6 3 years ago
it was not damaged that badly, but retrofitting it would cost some money, and people didn't like that it blocked the bay view
biruss 4 years ago
i heard that the e.m.b. freeway was torn down in the early 90's. did it survive the loma prieta? or was it damaged by the loma prieta and then torn down?
MabbaDeeba 4 years ago
It was not damanged critically, but it was decided not to repair it due to it being a pet-hate of so many ingrates. Instead it was torn down. Original plans called for it to pass along the waterfront to the Golden Gate bridge approaches, though because of the inane "Freeway Revolt" of the late 60's - 70's, it was discarded from the regional transportation plans.
LukaSteinberg 3 years ago
This takes me back... if this is accelerated speed, would you upload a clip in normal speed?
superrc 4 years ago
Unfortunately, it was already sped up in the movie I ripped it from.
Enigmatism415 3 years ago
Where I can find the original video of the Embarcadero freeway?
specialkvi 4 years ago
This clip was taken from a movie called Koyaanisqatsi, which was shot around 1982.
Enigmatism415 3 years ago
I think I saw that movie once- does it contain a short clip of people getting on and off of BART?
Coastergeekperson04 3 years ago
Yes, that sequence was right before this one if memory serves. There was also a similar sequence of people going up and down the escalators inside the World Trade Center PATH station.
Enigmatism415 3 years ago
Yes, the movie is Koyaanisqatsi. it was made in 1982.
smcoates17 2 years ago
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smcoates17 2 years ago
maybe they could have aligned 480 better, or had kept just enough so that 280 could have linked to 280. Also, maybe they could have redesigned it, so that it would not have been an ugly blocking wall.
biruss 4 years ago
Do you remember the Maxwell House coffee ad on one of the buildings seen from there? Wow am I old!
...cool vid!
scarlcrow 4 years ago
It was Hills Brother's Coffee Plant which is on the right side of the freeway
superrc 4 years ago
follow up: you can faintly the Hills Brothers sign 10 seconds in to the vid (it's red in color). o to nitpicking :)
superrc 4 years ago
They needed to tear down the part next to the bay, but they should have kept just enough to link 280 to 80.
biruss 4 years ago
wow, confusing
gorgydan 4 years ago
they should have rebuilt it. look at traffic in s.f. now.
jste77 4 years ago 2
yeah, i was there two weekends ago, what a mess on the bay bridge.
socalltd 4 years ago 2
They could transform The Embarcadero (the boulevard) into an expressway. They already have it divided, they just need to build exits, or better, have intersections at the most major streets and have an "express lane" that skips the exits. They could have a parallel road that is given exits every now and then which provides access to every pier and for those wanting a scenic view. I think it'll be perfect, a freeway that looks like a boulevard!
Coastergeekperson04 3 years ago
the project thats on now I-80, wil not allow
it. if the 280 was completed to the 80/480
-the unfinished conectors on the embarcadero-like it should have been in the early 70's, maybe it would have been "saved " or if the 280 were to be finished up to that point, the BLVD idea would fit for traffic to head north or south
socalltd 3 years ago
the only good thing to come out of the earthquake. They tore down that damn freeway.
ronnykmarshall 4 years ago