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The eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was a construction project to replace a seismically unsound portion of the Bay Bridge with a new self-anchored suspension bridge (SAS) and a pair of viaducts. The bridge is in the U.S. state of California and crosses the San Francisco Bay between Yerba Buena Island and Oakland.
Eight people died in the collapse. The bridge was inspected in September 1987 and was due for another in September 1989. [3] [4] Inspections first noted issues with the piles becoming exposed in 1979, but no corrective work was done. The simple design of the bridge, being over 50 years old at the time, was also cited as a factor in the collapse ...
The toll rate for autos on other Bay Area bridges was increased to $5 (equivalent to $6.99 in 2023), but in the Bay Bridge a variable pricing tolling scheme based on congestion was implemented. The Bay Bridge congestion pricing scheme charged a $6 toll (equivalent to $8.38 in 2023) from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through ...
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...
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The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused a failure of a single section of the upper deck of the eastern span of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, which closed the bridge for 30 days. A replacement of the eastern span was completed in August 2013.
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The MacArthur Maze [1] [2] [3] (or more simply the Maze; formally, the East Bay Distribution Structure [4]) is a large freeway interchange in Oakland, California.It splits traffic coming off the east end of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge into three freeways: the Eastshore (I-80/I-580), MacArthur (I-580) and Nimitz (I-880).