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The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) announced today a plan to simultaneously remove the east and west halves of the original Bay Bridge’s cantilever, which will put the removal of the...

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Work on a much-needed connection between the Antioch Bridge and Highway 4 began this morning with a brief groundbreaking ceremony. On hand were staff from the Contra Costa Transportation Authority...

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Update: December 17, 2014 Illuminate the Arts announces the "best possible news": reaching the $4 million donation goal to make The Bay Lights permanent on the Bay Bridge. Plans call for removing the...

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The state Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program (TBSRP) reached another milestone this week as construction crews completed a 21-month, $47 million project to bring the 1.8-mile Antioch Bridge up to...

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The entire Dumbarton Bridge will be closed during Labor Day weekend in September 2012 to complete another major element of the seismic retrofit project on this span, which connects Menlo Park in San...

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Videographer Mark Jones captures the excitement of the last concrete deck pour for the Bay Bridge East Span transition structure that will connect the new suspension span to the YBI tunnel.

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August 15, 2013 UPDATE The state Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) today gave a green light to an interim fix to the seismic system on the new Bay Bridge East Span, and determined that...

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Call it the Bay Bridge East Span Opening Part Deux. The morning after the Labor Day festivities and chain cutting at the toll plaza — which drew an overflow crowd of more than 1,000 officials and...

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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...

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Early indications from the first five months of the MTC/Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) Bay Area Toll Payment Plan – created to enable drivers who owe overdue tolls, fees and penalties get out of debt...