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artery. It prompted the application of state of the art methods of earthquake
engineering analysis to evaluate what seismic forces and movements long bridges are
likely to experience in major earthquakes and focused attention on the need to retrofit
many of the major bridges in seismic prone areas.
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Figure 4-2. Detail of Collapse of Span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.