Tag: San Francisco Bay Bridge

Roadbuilding

Bike and pedestrian path opens on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

A bike and pedestrian path on the East span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened to the public Tuesday, just one day after the span opened vehicle traffic, according to a report from San Francisco’s ABC7. The 15.5-foot path features two bicycle lanes and one pedestrian lane, with an uphill trail from Oakland toward […]

September 4, 2013

Roadbuilding

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens on Labor Day

Despite an announcement earlier this summer that the East Span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would not open as scheduled on Labor Day, the $6.4 billion span began carrying drivers late Monday night, according to a report from The Sacramento Bee. The 2,047-foot span has been under construction for more than a decade. The project […]

September 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

Crews construct world’s largest self-anchored suspension bridge

In California, crews have been working for more than 10 years to construct the largest self-anchored suspension (SAS) bridge in the world, and Wired has shared some close-up photos of the project, thanks to photographer Joseph Blum, who has seen the entire construction project so far. [youtube wJeyD_67YMo nolink] The 2,047-foot eastern span of San […]

August 26, 2013

Roadbuilding

Congestion pricing thins carpoolers on SF Bay Bridge

Ironically, vehicles carrying a lot of people are taken off the road by congestion pricing more than vehicles with just a driver. At least in San Francisco. Peak period tolls on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge went up  in summer of 2012.  Carpoolers — who until then had not paid for peak hours travel — […]

March 12, 2013