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Crews Start Installation of Final East Span Deck Pieces

October 3, 2011 Update: Two Down, Two to Go for Last Four Deck Sections
Crews installed deck section 13 east next to section 13 west on the self-anchored suspension span (SAS) last week. When sections 14 east and west are installed later this month, the decks for the steel SAS will connect with the long-completed Skway portion of the new Bay Bridge East Span, and bridge's side-by-side roadways will run continuously from the Oakland shore to just east of Yerba Buena Island. View a photo gallery of the latest installation operation here.

September 20, 2011
By dawn’s early light, the giant floating Left Coast Lifter crane today began lifting deck section 13 west into place on the Bay Bridge East Span, starting the latest and last round of deck installation for the self-anchored suspension span (SAS). When these last pieces are installed (sections #13 and #14 for the eastbound and westbound decks, for a total of four sections) along with their associated crossbeams, the one-third-mile-long SAS will meet up with the 1.2-mile already completed Skyway portion of the bridge at a mid-Bay juncture, and the twin, side-by-side decks of the new East Span will stretch continuously 1.5 miles from the Oakland shoreline to just east of Yerba Buena Island. Completion of the decks sets the stage for the next dramatic phase of the East Span: the installation of the massive, nearly mile-long SAS main cable that will suspend the decks from the tower.

To see the positioning of the last deck pieces, which range in size from 942 tons to 1647 tons, go to: baybridgeinfo.org/sas

Watch the final deck installation in real time: bata.mtc.ca.gov

See more photos from this lift operation.

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Previously:

• Lights Illuminate Bay Bridge East Span Progress
  August 2011
• Video: Bay Bridge East Span Construction Update
  August 2011
• Catwalk Installation Complete on East Span
  August 2011
• World's Largest Cable Saddle Placed Atop Longest Self-Anchored Suspension Span
  May 2011
• Bay Bridge Eastbound Drivers: Prepare for Detour to Begin Memorial Day Weekend
  May 2011
• It's a Bird, It's a Plane...It's a Cement Truck?
  April 2011
• East Span Tower Construction Begins Final Phase With Capping of Legs
  April 2011
• East Span 4x4! Crews Lift Final Four Tower Leg Sections in Four Days
  March 2011
• East Span Now Towers Over Original Bridge
  February 2011
• Thanks to Detours, New Bay Bridge East Span to Open in 2013
  February 2011
• Second Set of Bay Bridge Tower Sections in Place
  November 2010
• Bay Bridge East Span Tower Reaches New Heights
  October 2010
• New Bay Bridge East Span Construction Goes Vertical
  July 29, 2010
• Photos: Historic Lift of Self-Anchored Suspension Tower Sections for the New Bay Bridge East Span
  July 2010
• Photos: Unloading First SAS Tower Sections
  July 2010
• First East Span Tower Sections Arrive in the Bay Area
  July 9, 2010
• First SAS Tower Sections Set Sail For Bay Area
  June 28, 2010
• Historic Lift of First Self-Anchored Suspension Span Section for New Bay Bridge
  February 2010
• More Bay Bridge photos