Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989. Watsonville area. Support column of the bridge across Struve Slough on Highway 1.
Dates
Date Taken
1989
Summary
Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989. Watsonville area. Support column of the bridge across Struve Slough on Highway 1. Enlargement of the hole where the support enters the ground is an effect of lateral shaking. This caused the concrete to break up where the column joined the bridge and was instrumental in the roadbed collapse. 1989. Slide XIV-14, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-547.
Summary
Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake October 17, 1989. Watsonville area. Support column of the bridge across Struve Slough on Highway 1. Enlargement of the hole where the support enters the ground is an effect of lateral shaking. This caused the concrete to break up where the column joined the bridge and was instrumental in the roadbed collapse. 1989. Slide XIV-14, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-547.
Click on title to download individual files attached to this item.
whg00018.jpg
6.67 MB
image/jpeg
Rights
This USGS product is considered to be in the U.S. public domain. For further information on the USGS Information Policies and Instructions, refer to the Copyrights and Credits section on this web page: http://www.usgs.gov/laws/info_policies.html
