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Bay Bridge Steel Salvage

Viewed here is a slab of steel in which a heart shape has been torched.
An anonymous ironworker got into the spirit of turning salvaged steel into art by carving a heart in a chunk of the old East Span.   
Credit
Karin Betts
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Salvaged East Span steel elements are being made available to artists for incorporation into civic and public art projects through the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
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Salvaged East Span steel elements are being made available to artists for incorporation into civic and public art projects through the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
Artists and designers visit the salvage yard to view the steel that is available via the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program for creative reuse.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
Salvaged East Span steel elements are being made available to artists for incorporation into civic and public art projects through the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
Salvaged East Span steel elements are being made available to artists for incorporation into civic and public art projects through the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
Salvaged East Span steel elements are being made available to artists for incorporation into civic and public art projects through the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
Artists and designers visit the salvage yard to view the steel that is available via the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program for creative reuse.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
Artists and designers visit the salvage yard to view the steel that is available via the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program for creative reuse.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
Salvaged East Span steel elements are being made available to artists for incorporation into civic and public art projects through the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
Salvaged East Span steel elements are being made available to artists for incorporation into civic and public art projects through the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
Not labeled for reuse. All rights reserved.
heart-shaped hole in a piece of salvaged steel
A heart-shaped hole in a piece of salvaged Bay Bridge steel shows the potential for creative use of the material.
Credit
Karl Nielsen
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Artists and designers visited the East Span demolition salvage yard in mid-August to view the steel that is available for creative reuse via the Oakland Museum’s ‘Bay Bridge Steel’ program.