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''' | '''In the 1940s the California Dept. of Highways came up with various plans to blanket San Francisco with freeways. This is a version proposed in 1948 by San Francisco's Planning Department.''' | ||
''Image: [http://www.spur.org San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)]'' | ''Image: [http://www.spur.org San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)]'' |
File:Transit1$proposed-central-freeway-1956.jpg
Proposed Central Freeway along 7th Avenue, 1956
The deconstruction of the Embarcadero Freeway, 1990
Freeway hides historic ferry building in this 1958 photo until its demolition in 1990.
Photo: Greg Gaar Collection, San Francisco, CA
Demolition of Central Freeway at Duboce and Valencia, 2003.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
Demolition of Central Freeway at Market and Octavia, April 21, 2003.
Photo: Chris Carlsson
File:Transit1$highway-101-in-1957$1948-map itm$1948-freeway-plan.jpg
In the 1940s the California Dept. of Highways came up with various plans to blanket San Francisco with freeways. This is a version proposed in 1948 by San Francisco's Planning Department.
Image: San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)
File:Fwy revolt plan dept map.jpg
Maps and photos of San Francisco's original freeway plans
images and maps of many San Francisco freeways that were never built and some that were