San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

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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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The state Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit Program (TBSRP) reached another milestone this week as construction crews completed a 21-month, $47 million project to bring the 1.8-mile Antioch Bridge up to...

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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 Bay Lights project will have its Grand Lighting on March 5, 2013, but already onlookers have been dazzled during the testing of the kinetic installation illuminating the western span of the San...

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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 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge toll plaza renovation has made significant progress since construction began in early December 2012. The toll plaza upgrade is both cosmetic and functional...

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Bay Bridge crews are paving the way for the new eastern span’s completion — literally. Crews today were applying the first layer of epoxy asphalt to the westbound deck of the self-anchored suspension...

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Members of the media were invited yesterday to tour the steel plant in Vallejo that is fabricating key parts of the saddle system that will help secure seismic gear on the new East Span of the San...

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August 15, 2013 UPDATE The state Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) today gave a green light to an interim fix to the seismic system on the new Bay Bridge East Span, and determined that...

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A stunner by day, the new Bay Bridge East Span is even more spectacular at night, as evidenced by this gallery of photos from testing this week of the roadway lighting system. The bridge’s unique and...