EPISODE · Oct 17, 2026 · 26 MIN
The Freeway That Saved a Decade
On October 17, 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people and collapsing the Cypress Freeway onto rush-hour traffic. But what if engineers' warnings had closed the freeway three days earlier — and the disaster that followed reshaped American infrastructure policy a decade ahead of schedule?
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