Oakland - a portion of the MacArthur Maze

Oakland:  80 and 880 and 580 Freeways

18" x 13.5"

The MacArthur Maze refers to the freeway interchange located near the eastern end of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge in Oakland, California; it is the largest freeway interchange in the world.

In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake caused a double-decked section of the Maze to collapse, crushing cars.  The three miles of replacement freeway cost $1.2 billion.

In 2007, a speeding tanker truck carrying gasoline hit a guardrail and overturned on a Maze connector.  The driver walked away with minor injuries. The intense heat from the subsequent fuel spill and fire weakened the steel structure of the roadway above, collapsing it onto the lower connector, which sank nine inches.  A state projection concluded that the connector collapse had cost $90 million.  The company that owned the tanker truck lost its license to transport gasoline.

Interstate Highways on the East Coast

The New Jersey Turnpike and I-78, #1
22" x 20"

The Mass Turnpike and I-95
20" x 20"

NYC: The Cross-Bronx Expy at Bruckner Interchange
22" x 18.5"

Philadelphia: The Circle in Logan Square.

I-676 (Vine Street Expressway) is to the north of Logan Circle

20" x 18"

Southern California Freeways - Orange County

Irvine, CA: the 405 and the 55

15.5" x 14"
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The 5 and 22 Fwys at the Orange Crush  # 1

24" x 24"
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The El Toro Y  #3

16.5" x 22.5"



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Irvine, the 55 and the 405 Fwys  #3

25" x 25"

Southern California Freeways - LA County

The 405 and Marina Fwys,  #3
19" x 19"

The 110 and the 105 Fwys,  #1
21.5" x 21.5"

The 110 and the 105 Fwys,  #2
21.5" x 21.5"
 

The 110 and the 105 Fwys,  #4
21.5" x 21.5"

The 10 and the 5 Fwys,  #2
21.5" x 21.5"

The 10 and the 5 Fwys,  #1
21.5" x 21.5

Military Jets and The Space Shuttle

F-16 Fighting Falcon #1

19" x 15"

When I lived in Orange County, CA, my drive to work along the 5, and through the monster El Toro Y intersection with the 405, was rewarded with daily sightings of the military jets landing close by at El Toro Marine Corps Air Base.  They were right overhead, very beautiful and powerful.  I could hardly keep my eyes on the road.

F-15 Eagle  #1
21.5" x 18"

F-16 from fabric

19" x 15"
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For 30 years, the space shuttle has amazed and delighted all of us with its incredible technical achievements and its aesthetically stunning design.  It’s hard to believe that it’s all over.

The Space Shuttle #6
11.5" x 14.5"

Space Shuttle #5

20" x 25.5"

When we moved from CA to Huntsville, at first we stayed for a couple of months in a hotel room directly overlooking the HSV Rocket and Space Center's installation of a space shuttle.  It was a beautiful sight.

Observatories

Chile:  Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory #1
20" x 23"
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Chile:  Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory #2
23" x 30"
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California:  Palomar Observatory
17.5" x 13"
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Mauna Kea, Hawaii:
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
14.5" x 19.5"

The Old Cooper River Bridges

These are views of the old (demolished) Cooper River Bridges.