East Span Bay Bridge

There’s a certain poignancy to the fact that full-scale demolition of the original Bay Bridge East Span Bay Bridge started today, on the 77th anniversary of span’s opening on November 12, 1936. While...

Park planners and the public came together in West Oakland on November 14, 2013, for an open house that showcased the current Gateway Park design and launched the environmental review phase of the...

Put a piece of Bay Bridge history in your pocket! A new Clipper® transit fare card celebrates the recent September 2013 opening of the new Bay Bridge East Span. It’s an ideal stocking stuffer for $3 —...

A dozen or so three- and four-year-olds stretched out their arms and swayed back and forth. None of them were alive when the Loma Prieta earthquake rattled the Bay Area in 1989, but you wouldn’t know...

Caltrans has completed the installation of the saddles on the new East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which replaces the seismic safety function of the broken rods and the temporary...

As the old Bay Bridge East Span was being dismantled, and its foundation piers demolished by implosions, the decision was made to retain some of the piers as tangible reminders of the original span...

Caltrans has finished its demolition of the old Bay Bridge East Span a year ahead of schedule, and 10 million dollars below budget, with a stupendous final implosion of the final two piers. Our Mark...

Watch two marine foundations from the original Bay Bridge implode in less than 30 seconds! The demolition of the Bay Bridge's original East Span continued on September 30 with a double pier implosion...

After four years of tempting hundreds of Double-Crested Cormorants to migrate from the old East Span of the Bridge Bridge to the new East Span, the migration has finally happened. It hasn't been easy...

In 1935, raising the five 504 Trusses on the Bay Bridge involved driving hundreds of piles into the Bay. Today, lowering those massive steel trusses on the old span is more environmentally friendly...