Caltrans Hopes Rain Will Help Them Solve Leak Issues On Bay Bridge
Officials said that despite the leaks on the Bay Bridge, the span is safe to drive across.
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Officials said that despite the leaks on the Bay Bridge, the span is safe to drive across.
A Caltrans spokesman said Tuesday that non-standard weld connections that were used to hold road deck sections together on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge won't affect the bridge's performance during earthquakes.
The nearly $49 million in bonuses include $20 million paid by the state to American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises for completing the job on time.
Dignitaries from San Francisco and the State of California attended the official re-naming ceremony of the Bay Bridge's Western Span in honor of former San Francisco Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr.
The Western Span of the Bay Bridge is going to take on the name of one of the Bay Area's most recognizable politicians. But it didn't happen without controversy and a fight.
Caltrans officials said Monday that they're concerned about leaks on a short section of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge but they're hopeful they can figure out a solution to the problem soon.
Caltrans is already facing tough questions raised in the wake of a highly critical report and a state senate committee hearing on engineers' alerting agency managers about cracked welds on the Bay Bridge's eastern span.
Several engineers testified Friday at a hearing in Sacramento that more safety testing should have been done before the new Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge opened up.
A California Senate report released Wednesday on the construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge raises questions about the quality of workmanship used to build the $6.3 billion span.
Workers have finished a permanent fix for problem bolts on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, a Caltrans spokesman said Wednesday.
The West Grand Avenue approach to the Bay Bridge in Oakland was closed Tuesday afternoon because of a gas leak, according to PG&E and Oakland police.
An injury crash blocked multiple lanes on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge for about 40 minutes Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Caltrans seems to think the Bay Bridge isn't spectacular enough, and the new eastern span is already getting a makeover as crews are installing thousands of lights to illuminate the span.
The decade of the depression was not without whimsy, and one of the most fantastic ideas of the 1930s was a scheme to dramatically alter the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges. The state archive holds blue prints for turning both spans into wild rides.
After two months of delay, demolition of the 1930s-era eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge began on Tuesday.
State transportation officials said it will take a month longer to complete the permanent fix for the giant steel bolts that snapped on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
A pedestrian was struck and injured by a vehicle on the Bay Bridge Sunday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The trees are being placed on the bridge approach on the Oakland side, between the eastbound and westbound lanes, just west of the toll plaza.
A motorcycle collision on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is blocking two lanes of westbound traffic Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
With a new workweek getting under way and no end to the BART strike in sight, Bay Area commuters set their alarms early again and set out on buses and ferries to make the long journey to work.
he Friday evening commute was a little longer than usual for many Bay Area commuters, with would-be BART riders scrambling for alternate forms of transportation to get to and from work due to the BART strike.
The Bay Lights will glimmer from dusk until dawn starting next month.
Caltrans officials said on Monday that they are on track to install new steel saddles for all of the broken bolts that were found on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge earlier this year.
A Sig-alert has been issued on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in San Francisco near the approach to the Bay Bridge Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
State legislators Thursday approved naming the western span of the Bay Bridge after former state Assembly Speaker and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, but a lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court sought an injunction to block the move.
