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 Bay Bridge, January 2009
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Bridge Off-Ramp Reopening After 3 Years The Harrison Street off-ramp, which was closed for seismic retrofit work, will reopen to westbound traffic
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| Mar.12 |
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Massive Crane Arrives For Construction The largest crane barge on the West Coast arrived in SF Bay, where it will play its part at construction for to the bridge Seismic Safety P...
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Man Dies After Being Found Injured
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Closed As planned, the bridge was shut down to traffic at 8 p.m. so crews can do seismic retrofit work on the span
| A 300-foot-long section of the east span will be cut out and moved out of the way. Then a new double-deck section will be moved into place to connect the bridge with a short detour
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| Sep.5 |
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Crack Found May Delay Bridge Opening Crews working on a seismic retrofit found a 'significant crack' in the eastern span that could keep it closed beyond scheduled reopening
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| Sep.7 |
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Bridge Reopening Remains In Limbo Transit crews scrambled to repair an unexpected crack and finish a long-planned seismic upgrade with just a day to go before commuters
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| Sep.8 |
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Bridge Reopens After Crack Fixed| The Bridge reopened just in time for the start of the work week. Crews were able to make a crucial repair a day ahead of schedule. The bridge reopened about 6:45 a.m. ... | |
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| Sep.10 |
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Bridge Closure Boosts BART Ridership 395,300 rode the district's trains on Friday, the first full day of last weekend's closure of the Bay Bridge
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| Sep.19 |
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Crews To Close Lanes, Inspect Repairs Crews retrofitting the Bridge found a 2-inch crack on the bridge's eastern side. Two lanes will be closed every Saturday at 11 p.m. till 9:30...
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| Oct.14 |
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Big-Rig Blocks WB Bay Bridge For Hours All westbound lanes were closed for about five and a half hours a big-rig overturned mid-span and created a traffic nightmare
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| Oct.27 |
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Bridge closes after rod snaps Authorities indefinitely closed the Bay Bridge after a rod and a metal brace erected during an emergency repair job fell onto the westbound lanes
| The brace was startling a pair of drivers who collided with the debris and leaving hundreds of others stranded in their cars during the evening commute
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| Oct.28 |
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Bridge closure forces Rockets to ferry
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No Estimate When Bay Bridge Will Open The bridge probably wouldn't be available for Thursday morning's commute. Crews have been working in gusty winds as they try to do repair wo...
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| Oct.29 |
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Traffic Lighter As Closure Enters 2nd Day Engineers desperately tried to repair and fortify the bridge after a 5,000-pound piece of steel plummeted onto the span during rush hour this...
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| Oct.30 |
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Bridge Fix To Continue Into Weekend Commuters confronted yet another day of heavy congestion as state transportation were unsure if it would open in time for Monday's commute
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| Oct.31 |
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High-Speed Chase On Closed Bridge A carjacking suspect was arrested after he led police on a high-speed chase from San Francisco to Oakland
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BART To Run 24-hours For Bridge Closure Trains would run hourly to 14 stations. It is still unclear if the span will reopen for the Monday morning commute
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| Nov.1 |
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No Word Yet When Bay Bridge Will Open California Department of Transportation said that crews were still conducting stress tests and modification work
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Bridge Won't Be Open For Monday With another workweek and another commuter crush looming, there was still no word on when the bridge would be open to traffic again
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| Nov.2 |
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Repairs Complete: Bay Bridge Reopens| The first cars drove through the toll plaza Monday morning, nearly a week after a failed repair sent debris falling onto the upper deck | |
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| Nov.9 |
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Trucker dies as big-rig plummets off bridge| A big rig was traveling at high speeds when the driver lost control at the S curve. The truck dropped about 200 feet onto Yerba Buena Island | |
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| Nov.11 |
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Bridge May Close Again In New Year Caltrans is now backing off earlier reports that the Bridge may be closed again before the Christmas holiday
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| Dec.7 |
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Bridge To Stay Open During Beam Repairs Transportation officials will not need to fully close the Bay Bridge as expected to complete repairs to a cracked beam
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| Dec.9 |
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$2 Increase Likely For Commute Hours Staff members of the agency that oversees the bridges recommended raising car tolls by at least a dollar on all seven bridges
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| Dec.22 |
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Caltrans Completes Bridge Repair Crews have completed repair work on the infamous cracked eyebar
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