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THE ART OF STEEL:
Views of fabrication work for the new Bay Bridge East Span in Shanghai, China
by Tom Paiva

Click images to enlarge in a new window. All photos by Tom Paiva.

 Comrades in Arms, Tower Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

Cable Manufacturing Facility
Shanghai Pujiang Cable Co.
Jiashan, County Zhejiang
April 30, 2009

Three Seats on the Assembly Line
Shanghai Pujiang Cable Co.
Jiashan, County Zhejiang
April 30, 2009

 Orthotropic Box Girder-Crossbeam Connection
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Tower Assembly Bay From Bike/Ped Path
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Bobbins for Main Cable Fabrication
Shanghai Pujiang Cable Co.
Jiashan, County Zhejiang
April 30, 2009

 Bike Path Strut and Suspender Cable Bracket
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

Photo Op for Tower Bay Workers
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Section 2 West, Tower Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
April 28, 2009

 Station No. 1, Tower Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Green Tag Signals Acceptance for Interior Tower Welds
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Grinding Base of a Tower Leg
ZPMC, Shanghai
April 28, 2009

 Safety Monitor's Arrival,
Orthotropic Box Girder Painting Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 1, 2009

 Ascending the Ladder, Tower Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Side Panel Inspection, Orthotropic Box Girder
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 1, 2009

 Orthotropic Box Girder Section in Assembly Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
April 28, 2009

 Towering Cranes From Orthotropic Box Girder Deck
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Regulations is Glorious
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Tower Leg Rotisseries
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Tower Bay Red, White and Blue
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Inspectors' Notes on Rotisserie, Tower Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
April 28, 2009

 Spectral Presences Near Orthotropic Box Girder Section
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Tower Segment Ventilation
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Shadow and Light in Orthotropic Box Girder Assembly Yard
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

Crossbeam Segment in Sand Blasting Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Cable Tips for a Cable-Stayed Bridge
Shanghai Pujiang Cable Co.
Jiashan, County Zhejiang
April 30, 2009

 Tower Leg Diaphragm
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Stiffener and South Shaft Tower Diaphragm
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Grinding Tower Leg Diaphragms
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Tower Leg Surveying
ZPMC, Shanghai
April 29, 2009

 Hoisting a Suspender Cable Bracket
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Tower Leg Rotisserie and Late Night Grinding
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Down Time in the Orthotropic Box Girder Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 6, 2009

 Spark Shower on Orthotropic Box Girder Inspection
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Pride of Craftsmanship
ZPMC, Shanghai
April 28, 2009

 Steel Plate Drilling, Orthotropic Box Girder Bay
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Grinding Internal Tower Diaphragms
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 7, 2009

 Trio at Ease in Tower Assembly
ZPMC, Shanghai
May 5, 2009

 Tower Legs in Rotisseries
ZPMC, Shanghai
April 28, 2009

To inquire about using these photos, contact MTC Senior Public Information Officer Brenda Kahn, bkahn@mtc.ca.gov, 510-817-5773.