Tag: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Page 2

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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

San Francisco-Oakland: Troubled bridge over water

Closing in on an end-of-summer opening, the $6.4 billion eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is getting set for its big day more with a whimper than a bang. Good point from Dan Walters in San Jose Mercury News. Do the trials and tribulations (that seems like a reasonable one size fits all description […]

May 22, 2013

Roadbuilding

Variable pricing: A case study

Using different tolls for different times of days and different vehicles is an increasingly common consideration for agencies facing gridlock or suffocating congestion on a regular basis.

April 3, 2013

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East span of the Bay Bridge is born

Over the past three-and-a-half years, workers have been busy constructing the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The project has cost more than $6 billion already and was necessary after a part of this part of the bridge collapsed in 1989 after an earthquake. This new span of the bridge has been […]

January 9, 2013

Roadbuilding

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

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November 22, 2011