Dumbarton Bridge Lanes Reopen After Spilled Nails Cleaned Up
Thousands of nails that spilled on the Dumbarton Bridge in a five-car crash Monday morning have been cleaned up and the bridge has reopened.
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Thousands of nails that spilled on the Dumbarton Bridge in a five-car crash Monday morning have been cleaned up and the bridge has reopened.
A dead whale was discovered beached along the shore of San Francisco Bay near Fremont and the Dumbarton Bridge this week.
The vessel ventured into shallow water and gotten stuck when the tide went out. One person was rescued but three others opted to remain on-board until high tide.
All westbound lanes of state Highway 84 on the Dumbarton Bridge have reopened after a crash earlier Monday morning.
A car struck and severely injured a bicyclist in Menlo Park on Monday morning, authorities said.
Eight people had to be rescued, after their airboat struck a submerged pylon.
Caltrans plans to close the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge for at least one weekend in October to install a permanent fix for a cracked beam discovered in an expansion joint two years ago, transportation officials said Thursday.
The Dumbarton Bridge reopened Monday evening after being closed for most of the weekend for construction work.
Caltrans officials said Sunday that work on the Dumbarton Bridge is on track and the bridge is expected to reopen by Tuesday morning as scheduled.
Drivers will likely experience longer travel times this Labor Day weekend as the Dumbarton Bridge closes for construction work.
The Dumbarton Bridge will be closed over the long Labor Day weekend, as new seismic joints are installed on the eastern side of the span.
Caltrans officials say they are still on schedule to reopen the Dumbarton Bridge in time for the Tuesday morning commute after being closed Memorial Day Weekend.
A man was shot and wounded while driving from the Dumbarton Bridge in Menlo Park on Friday evening, Menlo Park police said.
The Dumbarton Bridge will be closed to traffic Memorial Day weekend to allow Caltrans and its contractor to significantly advance seismic retrofit work on the bridge, according to bridge officials.
During the closure, motorists are encouraged to take public transit or use alternate driving routes.
Starting Friday, five-axle big-rigs will pay $18 -- up from $11.25 -- to cross the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Antioch, Benicia, Carquinez, Richmond-San Rafael, San Mateo and Dumbarton bridges. A year from now, the toll for those trucks will rise to $25.
There is only one fire hydrant on the Dumbarton Bridge, a fact that is not lost on one local fire chief.
All eastbound lanes and two westbound lanes of the Dumbarton Bridge were blocked Tuesday morning because of a crash involving a big-rig.
Proponents of congestion pricing on the peninsula call the Bay Bridge pricing tier a success.
A 48-year-old woman was rescued after jumping off the Dumbarton Bridge on Monday afternoon, a Fremont fire official said.
A man who threatened to jump off the Dumbarton Bridge Monday afternoon was safely taken into custody after a two-hour bridge closure that snarled traffic, authorities said.
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man and his dog Thursday evening after the man's boat became disabled near the San Mateo Bridge, an agency spokesman said.
Bay Area traffic patterns were somewhat disrupted Thursday as Caltrans crews worked on a section of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge to repair a crack that was discovered during an inspection Wednesday.
