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		pfarrell on Aug 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco For SF, not rebuilding the 480 after the '89 earthquake made the Bay side of San Francisco really pleasant and enjoyable place to be. The Embarcadero from Giant's stadium to the Wharf and around to Fort Mason is such a beautiful place to walk/jog/ride, I can't imagine the area with the double-decker highway it used to have.

Lammy on Aug 24, 2021 [–]

> I can't imagine the area with the double-decker highway it used to have.

How about with the freight railroad it used to have for 75 years before the state donated the ring of land to the city and paid to build the highway?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Belt_Railroad

http://sanfranciscotrains.org/sbrr_history.html

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