A driver piloting a yellow Model T Ford had the honor of being the last car to drive through the Bay Bridge toll plaza before the permanent closure of the old East Span.
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A bundle of recently removed rebar appears as an abstract sculpture against the twilight sky.
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Soon after the closure, work started on demolishing a section of the old upper deck to make way for the new span's bike path.
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Traffic was unusually light leading to and through the Bay Bridge toll plaza in the last hour before the closure.
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Traffic was unusually light leading to and through the Bay Bridge toll plaza in the last hour before the closure.
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An era came to an end on Wednesday night with a small symbolic act: a lone vintage Model T Ford rolled through the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza just past 8 p.m. and became the last car ever to traverse the 1930s-era bridge’s East Span. The passing of the final car signaled the start of a Labor Day weekend closure for the entire Bay Bridge corridor after which the replacement East Span will officially open up for traffic.