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Amazing: The Rebuilding the MacArthur Maze (Documentary)

PECG · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Civil engineering & constructionTransit, cities & urban planning

What it is

A half-hour television special on the 2007 fiery collapse of a connector in the Bay Area's MacArthur Maze and its rebuilding in 26 days. It was produced for the Professional Engineers in California Government.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as proof that infrastructure can be rebuilt very fast when incentives and urgency line up.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “The overpass collapsed on April 29th. They had it reopened to traffic 26 days later.”

    Documentary of reopening a collapsed overpass in 26 days.

    viewtransform, 2023-03 · Recommendation · in “Why Construction Projects Always Go over Budget”

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Topics: macarthur maze, civil engineering, caltrans, infrastructure, construction speed

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