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...
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As part of its Bay Bridge Forward initiative to move more people in fewer cars through the Bay Bridge corridor, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will open two newly constructed East...
The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's tunnel is once again jolly with its annual holiday wreath. The tradition began 80 years ago, and despite it disappearing for a few decades during that time, 2020...
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...
The old East span of the Bay Bridge may be gone, but artists are making sure it will never be forgotten. MTC & Caltrans set aside 450 tons of salvage steel for art projects all over California. The...
When the new Bay Bridge East Span opened in 2013, pedestrians and bicyclists fell in love with the 15-foot-wide shared-use pathway that stretched initially from Oakland to the iconic single tower and...
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...
On November 2, Caltrans’ removal of the original East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge continued eastward toward the Oakland shoreline. Fourteen 288-foot trusses, stretching from Pier E9...
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...
The Bay Lights on the West Span of the Bay Bridge have been turned off for 11 months so that a new, more-robust LED system could be installed. The privately-funded art program, inspired by artist Leo...