Tag: self-anchored suspension (SAS) structure

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

Bay Bridge self-anchored suspension structure redesign protects against environmental stress

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November 22, 2011