Tag: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Roadbuilding
New eastern span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens
The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge finally wrapped up after years of delays in construction. Learn more details on Equipment World.
September 17, 2018
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Roadbuilding
Implosion demolishes final two piers of old San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
On November 11, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) imploded the last two remaining piers (E17 and E18) of the 13 marine foundations that were part of the original east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, NBC Bay Area reports. “It went well, it went according to plan,” Alejandro Lopez of Caltrans told the […]
November 28, 2017
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Roadbuilding
Officers stop deer on Bay Bridge “for toll evasion”
California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers reported stopping a young deer on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge “for toll evasion” early Tuesday morning, August 29, 2017, according to The Sacramento Bee. Luckily, the deer escaped a ticket. Two CHP officers who were on patrol on the bridge that morning said the deer came out of the […]
September 5, 2017
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Roadbuilding
Caltrans completes San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span cantilever demolition
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has completed the demolition of the cantilever portion of the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The work is the first phase of the bridge demo, having begun in November 2013 and costing an estimated $63.7 million. The East Span dates back to 1936 and is being […]
June 22, 2015
The suspended span of the historic Old Bay Bridge is cut at its center.
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
The eastern span of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge under construction. The bridge was opened to traffic on Labor Day last year.
Roadbuilding
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May 6, 2014
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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
AASHTO announces Faces of Transportation photo contest winners
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) announced Thursday that two photos of workers at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge won the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award in the association’s Faces of Transportation photo contest. A judge selected the Grand Prize winner. California Department of Transportation Engineer Martin Chandrawinata received […]
September 27, 2013
Grand Prize winner Martin Chandrawinata captured this photo of an iron worker using a cutting torch on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. (Photo: Martin Chandrawinata, via AASHTO)
Construction Equipment
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
Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge time lapse construction video
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
New steel on the Bay Bridge replaced original riveted “laced members.” (Photo: Caltrans)
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
(Photo: Caltrans)
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
(Photo: Caltrans)
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