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San Francisco’s Bay Bridge celebrates 80th birthday
The Bay Bridge celebrated its 80th birthday on Saturday, Nov. 12. According to a report from SF Gate, construction of the $77 million project began July 9, 1933 and was completed in 1936. Prior to its completion, ferries carried Bay Area residents between Oakland and San Francisco, with an estimated 46 million passengers in 1928 alone. More recently, the eastern span […]
November 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
Caltrans dismantles 504-foot long section of old Bay Bridge
The California Department of Transportation recently dismantled a massive chunk of the old Bay Bridge in Oakland. According to Caltrans, the department finished up a major project at the beginning of the month in its three-year demolition of the old Bay Bridge as it cut loose the 504-foot long, 2,500-ton steel truss and lowered it onto waiting […]
February 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
Bay Bridge construction project suspended after causing major traffic issues
Caltrans officials have decided it was best to suspend a big construction project on the Bay Bridge after metal plates used to secure the area were causing major traffic issues. Caltrans crews were in the process of replacing a number of aging expansion joints on the western section of the bridge after an inspection discovered several […]
October 23, 2014
Business
Report: Caltrans decision to hire inexperienced Chinese firm for Bay Bridge welding “will haunt” travelers “for generations”
A detailed investigative report from the Sacramento Bee has found that the California Department of Transportation’s decision to hire a Chinese firm with no experience building bridges to construct key parts of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, “will haunt the new span and the traveling public for generations to come.” Construction on the bridge was completed last […]
June 10, 2014
Construction Equipment
Giant floating crane completes 6k-mile trek to New York for Tappan Zee Bridge construction
After more than a month and 6,000 miles of sea travel, the Left Coast Lifter floated into New York harbor last week to take on its new role as the “I Lift New York” super crane. If that’s a bit confusing, it’s a matter of nicknames. The giant floating crane in question was originally named […]
February 4, 2014
Construction Equipment
State investigation concludes Caltrans systematically quieted safety critics of new Bay Bridge span
An investigation by the state Senate Transportation Committee has concluded that the California Department of Transportation “systematically” worked to quiet “serious allegations” aimed at the safety of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge. According to a report from the San Jose Mercury News, the committee interviewed multiple engineers involved in the construction of […]
January 30, 2014
Construction Equipment
Demolition of old Bay Bridge will be a delicate exercise
Calling the old Bay Bridge “the world’s largest armed bow and arrow,” Caltrans bridge engineer Brian Maroney told the Contra Costa Times that bringing down the span will be a bit riskier than the most demolition projects. Built in 1936, the Bay Bridge brought millions upon millions of passengers between Oakland and San Francisco before it […]
November 14, 2013
Roadbuilding
Oakland Bay Bridge: Open Again—and Finally Done!
The main thoroughfare to get across the bay from San Francisco to Oakland, California, had been completely closed since Wednesday, August 28, so the final touches could be finished on the new 2.2-mile span from Oakland to Yerba Buena Island on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The bridge, which was damaged in the 1989 Loma […]
September 5, 2013
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
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
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