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“Summer of Paving” underway in Oakland
The "Summer of Paving" officially kicks off in Oakland. The transportation initiative is part of $25 million budgeted for transportation improvements.
July 10, 2018
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
Potholes cost drivers more than $700 annually in five cities with roughest roads
In the five cities with the roughest roads, potholes and other poor road conditions cost drivers more than $700 each year, our sister site, Aggregates Manager, reports. The information comes from The Road Information Program’s (TRIP) annual report, “Bumpy Roads Ahead: America’s Roughest Rides and Strategies to Make our Roads Smoother.” The report notes the […]
November 18, 2013
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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
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Beautiful Bay Bridge time-lapse compresses 42k hours of construction into 4 mintues
Recently, construction was completed on the eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The $6.4 billion bridge replaced a structure damaged in a 1989 earthquake and last week opened to traffic. Since then, EarthCam has released its time-lapse footage of all 42,000 hours of construction that took place on the bridge. The footage is […]
September 9, 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
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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
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