East Span Bay Bridge

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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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Five MTC-sponsored programs and projects scooped up awards at the silver anniversary of the 2014 California Transportation Foundation ceremony. The 20 awards distributed in Sacramento on May 22 honor...

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Two people on MTC’s creative team have won a prestigious Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — (NATAS) – San Francisco/Northern California Division for their work on a...

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It’s been exactly one year since the new Bay Bridge East Span opened on Labor Day 2013, which fell on September 2. We mark this milestone with a look back at a photo gallery from opening day. Stay...

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Videographer Mark Jones captures the excitement of the last concrete deck pour for the Bay Bridge East Span transition structure that will connect the new suspension span to the YBI tunnel.

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Why is a new East Span of the Bay Bridge being built? Simple – it’s missing a piece, said kindergartners in Autumn Ayllon’s class at Shore Acres Elementary School in Bay Point during a presentation by...

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The final deck section of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s new East Span was poured into place today, marking another milestone in the completion of the new East Span. While work remains on the...

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The Bay Bridge Travelers are not a rock band, they are the roving platforms that will be installed below the deck of the new East Span. For more than a century they will be used as an essential tool...

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After years of building up the new Bay Bridge East Span, crews have entered a new phase of the massive construction project: taking things down. Strip by reddish strip, the four catwalks that have...

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While its not as visually striking as the tower portion of the new Bay Bridge East Span, the project to build a touchdown at the Oakland shoreline is an essential element of the span. News...