Search title image

Photographs

Bookmark and Share

Shanghai: Loading Tower Segments for Self-Anchored Suspension Span Section for New Bay Bridge East Span

June 2010
Bay Area officials are eagerly awaiting the arrival of a cargo ship carrying the first tower sections for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s iconic Self-Anchored Suspension (SAS) Span. The shipment departed from Shanghai on June 18 aboard the Zhenhua 18, and is expected to arrive in mid-July.
Read more...

Click images to enlarge in a new window. All photos by Lucas Schifres except as noted.

Loading the 1st of 4 tower sections from the dock to the Zhenhua 18

Onboard the ship, being placed and secured for shipment

Securing a tower section aboard the Zhenhua 18

Securing a tower section aboard the Zhenhua 18

Tower section aboard the ship

Securing a tower section for shipment

Lighting firecrackers to impart good luck to the tower and its voyage

Following the ceremony, Caltrans, ABF, Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., and partner organizations gather to celebrate the departure of the first SAS tower sections

The Zhenhua 18 on the Yangtze River, just off the dock! (Photo: ©2010 Joseph Blum)

At ZPMC in Shanghai, test assembly and fit up of the 2nd and 3rd sections of the towers prior to painting. (Photo: ©2010 Joseph Blum)