the portion of the highway adjacent to the collapse (jane street north to 26th street) came down first, in 1977, and the portion between 26th and 42nd streets was demolished between november 1981 and the summer of 1982. the highway from jane street south to spring street was torn down between the spring and fall of 1981, and the highway from spring street south to the battery was torn down between the summer of 1981 and the spring of 1982.