In conjunction with the September 2013 opening of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span, museums and art galleries throughout the Bay Area are celebrating the new span and honoring the...
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An era came to an end on Wednesday night with a small symbolic act: a lone vintage Model T Ford rolled through the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza just past 8 p.m. and became the last car...
The closed San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge came to life late this Labor Day afternoon as a ceremonial procession of classic and contemporary cars holding officials and special guests made a...
Call it the Bay Bridge East Span Opening Part Deux. The morning after the Labor Day festivities and chain cutting at the toll plaza — which drew an overflow crowd of more than 1,000 officials and...
Time Lapse: Bay Bridge New East Span, 2008 – 2013
The surprise appearance of the famous Bay Bridge troll was celebrated as a highlight of the Labor Day opening ceremonies for the new East Span. But only after the guests had retired and the sun had...
Trolls are notorious shape-shifters, but the famous Bay Bridge troll chose to remain in his original form during his installation in the Oakland Museum of California on Tuesday. The steel troll stood...
There’s a certain poignancy to the fact that full-scale demolition of the original Bay Bridge East Span Bay Bridge started today, on the 77th anniversary of span’s opening on November 12, 1936. While...
Put a piece of Bay Bridge history in your pocket! A new Clipper® transit fare card celebrates the recent September 2013 opening of the new Bay Bridge East Span. It’s an ideal stocking stuffer for $3 —...
A dozen or so three- and four-year-olds stretched out their arms and swayed back and forth. None of them were alive when the Loma Prieta earthquake rattled the Bay Area in 1989, but you wouldn’t know...