Bridges

Brian Maroney, who serves as Caltrans’ chief bridge engineer, is this year’s recipient of the Greta Ericson Distinguished Service Award. This award is named for the founder of MTC’s awards program and...

Roads and bridges that are deficient, congested or lack desirable safety features cost California $53.6 billion annually due to higher vehicle operating costs, traffic crashes and congestion-related...

The Oakland Museum of California has announced that five artists, designers and design firms have been awarded steel from the demolition of the Eastern span of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge for...

2005 Annual Report Focuses on Bridge Upgrade Program You can tell a book by its cover, at least in the case of the just-released 2005 MTC Annual Report. The front features a close-up photo of a...

OAKLAND, CA — U.S. Rep. George Miller will be the featured speaker at public events to be held Saturday morning, Aug. 25, on each side of the Carquinez Strait to celebrate completion of the second...

OAKLAND, CA — The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) will host the first of three public hearings at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the Joseph P. Bort MetroCenter, 101 8th Street in Oakland, to...

OAKLAND, CA — The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) has added a fourth public hearing to receive public testimony on options for a proposed toll increase on the seven state-owned Bay Area toll bridges...

The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) today took a major step toward ensuring seismic safety on all state-owned toll bridges in the Bay Area by adopting a package of toll hikes. The toll increases will...

OAKLAND, CA — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (MTC SAFE) this week began a three-month project to remove 500 of the distinctive yellow call...

OAKLAND, CA — The FasTrak Customer Service Center will close this weekend for an upgrade to its customer account system. During the upgrade process, the FasTrak electronic toll collection system will...