"Hatunen" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:58:49 -0800, Jeff Lanam
> wrote:
>
>>Hatunen wrote:
>>> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:48:44 -0800, "Mimi" wrote:
>>
>>> Where is the Junipero Serra Freeway "up on stilts"? The only
>>> place I can think of is downtown east of US-101, and that's a far
>>> ways from being "alongside" the fault, whihc has gone to sea by
>>> that point.
>>She's probably referring to the place where it crosses Crystal Springs
>>Road, south of Hillsborough, where the Flintstone House is.
>>The San Andreas runs right along that, under the reservoir.
>
> That's a *bridge*. I don't think I'd call it "stilts".
>
> FYI, Crystal Springs used to be two reservoirs with the dam where
> Hwy 92 crosses. At some point it was decided to make it one
> reservoir by changing the dam to a causeway; I believe the big
> stone dam under that bridge had to be raised a little.
>
There's a fairly long section of the freeway where east side hugs the hill
and the southbound lanes are on stilts -- at least 25 feet in the air. I
can't quite remember exactly where that is. Of course, you have to be off
the freeway to see this.
Marianne
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