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The Embarcadero Freeway
V'Ger:
Post more if you have them.
agentsteel53:
I've seen a photo with an I-480 shield but I can't remember where it is. Anyone got it?
Alex:
The entire length of the Embarcadero was filmed for the 1983 film Koyaanisqatsi. There was a site with screen captures (which is not defunct) that showed a California 480 sign.
The footage of from the movie is found here without the original Philip Glass soundtrack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TIjoedyjcI
A map I recreated of an original publication showing the outlandish alternatives that were once considered for Interstate 480:
When I was first in California in 1991, I spent a month in the Bay Area. One of our drives in San Francisco took me under the closed but not demolished Embarcardero. I remember looking up at the structure and seeing a California 480 shield. It was, to quote ComputerGuy, creepy to see the unused freeway lurking above...
SimMoonXP:
Wow, all of images are really cool but never been in that freeway in my life before...My first time been in SF was in July 1998 as old I-480 bridges are gone as plain new Embarcero Roadway, that all.
njroadhorse:
It was a genius idea for SF, idk why they scrapped it :banghead: :pan:
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