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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

- Articles & Newsletters
- Bicycle/Pedestrian
- Design Proposals & Recommendations
- East Span Seismic Safety Reports
- History
- Online Resources
- Rail Alternative Study

Articles & Newsletters

East span news : the newsletter of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project: Published by Caltrans.

Replacing the East Bay Bridge: In: Civil Engineering Magazine, September 2000.

San Francisco-Oakland East Span: newspaper articles, 1997-current: / Binder of newspaper clippings maintained by the Library.
TG25 .S332

Bicycle/Pedestrian

Feasibility report : San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge West Span : bicycle / pedestrian / maintenance path planning and feasibility study: / prepared by CH2M Hill in association with SC Solutions. Oakland, CA : Caltrans, 2001.
TG25 .S335 C27 2001r Oversize New Book Shelf

Design Proposals & Recommendations

Winning Design Documents

Concept designs for the east span replacement of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge: / T.Y. Lin International. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 1997.
TG25 .S33,T9 1997a

Design of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge : phase 1: / prepared by T.Y. Lin International and Moffatt & Nichol. San Francisco, Calif. : T.Y. Lin International ; Long Beach, Calif. : Moffatt & Nichol, 1999.
TG25 S33 C2732 1999

San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge: / T.Y. Lin International. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 1997.
TG25 .S33,T9 1997b

*The library also has all of the design proposals submitted to the Bay Bridge Task Force.

Recommendations & Analyses

Planning and design recommendations, Bay Bridge eastern span: / Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). Oakland, CA : The Commission, 1997.
TG25 .S331,C25 1997 Available online

The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge east span seismic safety project, 30% design report: / prepared by T.Y. Lin International and Moffatt & Nichol. 1998
TG25 .S33 C2731 1998d Oversize

SFOBB east span seismic safety project : 30% type selection: / California Department of Transportation. [Oakland, CA : Caltrans], 1998.
TG25 .S33 C273 1998 Oversize

East Span Seismic Safety Project Reports

By the California Department of Transportation.
TG25 .S33 C275

No. 1d - Draft environmental impact statement / statutory exemption
No. 2 - Biological assessment
No. 3 - Natural environmental study
No. 4 - Visual impact assessment
No. 5d - Draft relocation impact report
No. 7 - Noise and vibration study
No. 8 - Traffic circulation, access and parking assessment
No. 9 - Hazardous wastes assessment
No. 10 - Pedestrian & bicycle study
No. 11 - Location hydraulic study
No. 12 - Community impact assessment
No. 13 - Historic property survey report
No. 14 - Finding of adverse effect : buildings and structures
1999 - Dredged material management plan
2000 - Land use issues associated with the SFOBB East Span Seismic Safety Project and the Naval Station Treasure Island draft reuse plan
2000 - Sediment sampling and analysis report
2000 - Replacement vs. retrofit
2001 - Final environmental impact statement/statutory exemption and final section 4(f) evaluation

History

The Bay Bridge : 50 years, 1936-1986: Collection of articles on the construction, maintenance and future of the Bay Bridge. In: Going Places, September/October 1986
VF Bridges

The bridge builders : photographs and documents of the raising of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, 1934-1936: / Peter Stackpole ; with an afterword by Anita Ventura Mozley. Corte Madera, Calif. : Pomegranate Artbooks, 1984.
TG25 .S2,S8

Bridges : a history of the world's most famous and important spans: / Judith Dupre ; with an introductory interview with Frank O. Gehry. New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., 1997.
TG15 .D87 1997

The building of the bay bridge : the world's largest bridge for at least a thousand years: Print-out -- Web version of 1936 pamphlet produced by U.S. Steel, on the construction of the Bay Bridge.
VF -- Bridges

Californian idolatry : Bay Bridge gets wrought-iron troll: In: Economist, p. 24, February 10, 1990.
VF -- Bridges

High steel : building the bridges across San Francisco Bay: / text by Richard Dillon ; photos edited by Don DeNevi and Thomas Moulin. Millbrae, Calif. : Celestial Arts, c1979.
TG 25.S225, D4

Post earthquake report for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: / by Robert R. Bridwell and James Tracey. [Sacramento : California Dept. of Transportation, Toll Bridge Investigation Section], 1992.
HD62.7 .C286 no.91-187

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opening : official edition: In: San Francisco Examiner, pp. 11-16, November 12, 1936.
VF Bridges

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge photographs: In: San Francisco Chronicle, pp. 5,7,10, November 22, 1936.
VF Bridges

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opening photographs: In: San Francisco Examiner, pp. 1-8, November 22, 1936.
VF Bridges

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project: Collection of articles from 1932 Bay Area newspapers, chronicling the initial stages of the Bay Bridge construction.
TG25 .S333 1932

Travel trends in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge corridor, 1975-1996: Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 1997.
HE369 .C251b 1997

Traffic Survey Series Bay Bridge 1959-1996: Semi-annual traffic counts taken on the Bay Bridge by Caltrans and MTC. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 1996.
HE369 .C251b

Online Resources

American Memory Project: Library of Congress digital exhibits; the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Records collection contains numerous detailed photographs of the Bay Bridge.

BridgePros: Site dedicated to bridge engineering, history and construction, with news and updates on bridge construction projects around the world.

Bridging the Bay: Bridging the Campus: UC Berkeley Library's Spring 2000 web exhibit on the Bay Area's bridges, including bridges that were considered but never built.

California Heritage Collection: Searchable archive of 28,000 images of California history, including the building of the Bay Bridge, from the University of California, Berkeley.

Caltrans Seismic and New Bridge Projects: Links to Caltrans' East Span Retrofit/Replacement page, as well as construction photo archives, geotechnical information, underwater work, and other bridges around the Bay Area (including toll schedules.)

History of California's Bridge Tolls: A chart of tolls collected on California bridges from 1926 to 2004, complied by Caltrans.

MTC East Span Replacement Project information: MTC's page on the Bay Bridge Project, including the design process, alignment, rail on the bridge, and bike/pedestrian paths.

Museum of the City of San Francisco: On-line collections, including photographs of the original construction of the Bay Bridge and "Symphonies in Steel: Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate," an article on the history of both bridges.

New Bay Bridge.org: This site illustrates and describes every phase of the new East Span construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Includes articles and photo galleries about all aspects of the construction process, individuals involved in the project, and history of the original bridge. Project drawings, primary documents, links to historical photos, study materials for middle school, glossary of bridge building terms.

Rail Alternative Study

Bay Bridge Rail Feasibility Study: / prepared by NelsonNygaard Consulting et al. Oakland, CA : Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 2000.
TG25 .S332,C25 2000f Available online

Structural assessment of rail on the Bay Bridge : summary report: / [prepared by Ove Arup and Partners.] [Oakland, CA : The Commission], 1999.
TG25 .S332,C25 1999 no.2A.3s Available online