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Article: San Francisco ponders lessons of road collapse ; WORLD
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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San Francisco received a foretaste of the extreme traffic chaos
that might occur if another big earthquake hits it, after a petrol
tanker exploded and caused the collapse of a key section of roadway
leading up to the city's busiest bridge.
The accident hit the San Francisco Bay area at perhaps its most
sensitive point - a maze of roadways and ramps leading to the Bay
Bridge which connects Oakland and Berkeley to the city.
The bridge is used by 270,000 cars every day and is a key route
for commerce. California's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
immediately declared a state of emergency, but traffic chaos failed
to materialise yesterday morning as many commuters stayed at home
and city ...