Year Taken
1964
Category
Earthquake
Location
Anchorage District
Cook Inlet Region, Ak.
Credit
ID. Alaska Earthquake 29ct
Filename
ale0029.png
Description
This steel-girder highway bridge collapsed when the steel piling upon which it rested snapped during the earthquake. The piling consisted of used railroad tracks. The bridge rests on thick water-saturated alluvium in the Copper River delta. Copper Region, Alaska.
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