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Bay Area Bridge Tolls Increased Motorists crossing any of the 7 state-operated bridges need to cough up more an additional $1 to cross
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| Jan.2 |
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10 Arrested In Iraq Protest Authorities closed off the Bridge to pedestrians and bicyclists for several hours
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| Jan.27 |
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Sale of GGB Prank Part of EBay Protest
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| Feb.9 |
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BART Officers In Bridge Collision
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| Mar.29 |
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Biologists To Rescue Falcon Eggs Biologists from Santa Cruz postponed the rescue a clutch of endangered peregrine falcon eggs from underneath the bridge
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| Apr.2 |
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Fatal Hit & Run At Toll Plaza
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| Apr.10 |
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Bridge To Be Closed On Labor Day The closure will allow to install a new, sturdier viaduct connecting the eastern span to the tunnel
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| May.28 |
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Bridge Celebrates Blustery Birthday San Francisco's most famous landmark opened to pedestrians exactly 70 years ago, to cross the span on foot for the first time May 27, 1937
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| May.30 |
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Wayward Whales At Mouth Of Bay A mother and her calf appeared on the east side of the north and south towers
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| Jun.9 |
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Accident shut down all westbound lanes
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| Jun.18 |
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I-80 Tops List Of Most Congested The worst traffic jam in the Bay Area can be found during the morning commute on westbound I-80 between Hercules and the Bay Bridge
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| Jun.27 |
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Worker pinned under construction vehicle
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| Jul.9 |
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 Bridge Increases FasTrak Lanes San Mateo is the first bridge in the Bay Area to increase its FasTrak only lanes
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| Jul.26 |
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High speed chase over bridge, officer hurt The driver of a pickup who struck a police officer and led police on a high-speed chase across the bridge was taken into custody in Oakland
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| Jul.30 |
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Most jumpers are from Bay Area
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| Jul.31 |
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Bridge To Close Over Labor Day
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| Aug.6 |
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SF High Speed Car Chase Ends In Oakland
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| Aug.9 |
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49 'High-Priority' Bridges In Bay Area. 94509
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| Aug.20 |
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Big Rig Truck Goes Over Side Of Bridge
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| Aug.26 |
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New Benicia - Martinez Bridge Open Motorists can pay their tolls without taking their feet off the gas. The $1.2 billion 1.6-mile long span features the region's first FasTrak lanes
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| Aug.31 |
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Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work Caltrans began closing all onramps at 8 p.m. The crews have started the seismic retrofit operation that prompted the closure
| The bridge is closed through 5 a.m. Tuesday as crews replace a 350-foot section of the bridge just east of the Yerba Buena Island tunnel
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Bridge Repairs Progressing Smoothly CalTrans reports it's possible the bridge may open before Tuesday morning. The last girder was removed by contractor C.C. Myers
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| Sep.3 |
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Bridge Is Back In Business| The bridge reopen at 6 p.m., far ahead of the originally scheduled reopening of 5 a.m. Tuesday. Crews spent the afternoon... | |
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| Sep.18 |
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Multiple Big Rig Crash Closes Bridge A major injury accident has shut all westbound lanes
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| Sep.23 |
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Sponsorship plan for bridge unpopular idea
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| Sep.29 |
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Fatal collision involving tractor-trailer
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| Oct.2 |
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Truck Got Stuck Under Metal Overhang Traffic backed-up on eastbound lanes of I-80 to the Bay Bridge after a too tall big-rig that got caught under the metal overhang of the brid...
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| Oct.16 |
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FasTrak Metering Lights To Speed Up The red light that turns green is going to turn green quicker in the FasTrak lanes then the cash lanes
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| Oct.26 |
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Bridge rejects corporate ads The officials have rejected proposals that would have allowed limited corporate advertising to help bolster sagging revenues at the famed sp...
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| Nov.3 |
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Faster FasTrak Lane Metering Lights Traffic flow on the bridge could see relief when new metering timetables are put into effect at the toll plaza
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| Nov.6 |
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New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect The metering lights switched at 6:00 and certain lanes of commuters experienced a faster pace of lights
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| Nov.7 |
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 No damage to bridge after bump by ship| A container ship traveling through dense fog bumped into a tower supporting the bridge, but have caused no structural damage to the span. The ship struck a tower west of Yerba Buena Island at about 8:30 a.m. ... | |
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Fuel spilled into Bay after ship crash| The collision, blamed on low visibility due to dense fog, knocked a 100-foot section of the fender that protects the tower | |
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Ship Pilot May Have Downplayed Collision Captain John Cota's attorney says his client didn't immediately realize the severity of the crash
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| Dec.26 |
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Bay Bridge Debris Washes Ashore Pieces of the Bridge that broke off when a container ship collided with it last month have shown up
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