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Beleaguered motorists stuck on Interstate 80 between the Carquinez Bridge and the Bay Bridge, one of the busiest commutes in the Bay Area, are all too familiar with gridlock and slow-and-go traffic...

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Top officials from more than a dozen Bay Area transit agencies will join together on Thursday, April 9, for a press conference where they will make a unified pitch for Congress to pass a comprehensive...

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Caltrans will close the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge over two full weekends, beginning, May 8-11, and continuing Memorial Day Weekend, May 22-25. The full closures for all eastbound and westbound lanes...

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According to projections detailed in plans released today, Caltrans will need approximately $80 billion over the next ten years to address current and future needs of the state highway system—a...

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They aren’t old enough to drive across a bridge, but that didn’t deter Lafayette Elementary School fourth and fifth-graders from donning hard hats and safety vests and learning how to build one...

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Work on a much-needed connection between the Antioch Bridge and Highway 4 began this morning with a brief groundbreaking ceremony. On hand were staff from the Contra Costa Transportation Authority...

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National researchers, Caltrans and regional authorities are sounding the alarm about California’s streets and roads. Decades of declining revenue, higher costs, and maintenance budget cuts are...

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Update: December 17, 2014 Illuminate the Arts announces the "best possible news": reaching the $4 million donation goal to make The Bay Lights permanent on the Bay Bridge. Plans call for removing the...

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The entire Dumbarton Bridge will be closed during Labor Day weekend in September 2012 to complete another major element of the seismic retrofit project on this span, which connects Menlo Park in San...

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Caltrans announced today that thanks to better than expected progress on deck repairs, the second weekend closure of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge — originally scheduled for October 26-29, 2012 — has...