Alaskan Way Viaduct – Earthquake Simulation
March 2, 2010
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This visualization shows the collapse of the Alaskan Way Viaduct, part of Washingtons State Route 99, and adjacent seawall due to a seismic event. The simulated earthquake is similar to the 2001 Nisqually earthquake but lasts longer, is closer to Seattle, or has a slightly greater magnitude.
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wow……………………………..coke
@eboneetigress: in Oakland, the structure that is identical to the viaduct PANCAKED just as shone in this video. Check the video archive.
It’s cheaper to wait tll the viaduct collapses.
Our Government is just like any other.
Wait until it’s necessary to fix.
i wonder how those tall towers didnt take even a crack
does the land really move like that??
horrible
OMG yur animation is amazing!
Akward shaking in the beginning there…
It shouldn’t be torn down. It should be shipped to Alaska for their bridge to nowhere.
I like the pointers and comments. Very helpful. The damage depicted here is only minimal – what if other buildings fall, or if there is a tsunami. I doubt those sections of the viaduct would just pancake like that. The bridge in Cali fell toppled over on its’ side.
i love this video. would be cooler with some voice over.
that city remind me sanandress
I think they say at the beginning that the earthquake itself was 40 secs. Either way, it’s a really long one.
And to newchihuahua, my mother has forbidden me from ever taking that bridge
@JAScott2008 That earthquake in the simulation was only 1 min. The whole video was 6min because it allowed time to stop the simulation to show the damage and what actually would occure.
this would be cool to watch without the stupid pointers and notes on the right.
then I suggest you dont use the bay bridge in san fran…
That was the longest earthquake ever. Plus, after the road collapse in Cali, I don’t have faith in any double-decker road in an earthquake hot zone.
They’d better survive. The tallest buildings should have been built with the consideration of earthquakes.
I think the Alaskan Way Viaduct should be torn down and be reconstructed as a Main Boulevard like in CA such as International BLVD. or Nelson Mandela Way, and the Embarcadero in the Bay Area.
Holy Shit this simulation is like the Damage on the Old Cypress freeway in NorCal in 1989.
Holy Shit this simulation is like the Damage on the Old Cypress freeway in NorCal in 1989
wow, but those tall buildings survived.
Just goes to show how little the public knows in what’s best for the city. Sure, let’s reject BOTH OPTIONS when brought to a vote. This video shows that SOMETHING has to happen, and another raised viaduct is not the solution.
You’ll never see me on that side of the city, not until they fix it. No way, Jose.
If the bridge falls down, you’ll still have to pay for it. In fact, it’ll cost more because the state will have to pay for the clean up costs and property damage. A land bridge in the city has to fall onto something. Plus there will be loss of life and limb. Hospitals tabs would run for months. With that kind of damage, insurance companies couldn’t handle it alone. We’re talking tens of billions of dollars in damage vs. a fraction of that to build a tunnel.
Back in the 1990′s we lived in Federal Way when an earthquake hit. The epicenter was under Vashon. It knocked us to our knees and it sounded like the people in the apartment above us were jumping up and down on their floor. Big booms. We couldn’t even stand up while it was happening. Scariest thing I’ve been through.