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2010
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Eastern Span
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| Feb.3 |
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1st Suspension Piece Lifted Into Place The first deck section was hoisted into place by workers using the largest barge-mounted crane on the West Coast
| Feb.21 |
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Peninsula Power Outage Affects 11,000+ An outage was reported at 5:58 p.m. and was affecting about 10,000 customers as of 7 p.m. The outage briefly knocked out lights on the Bay Bridge
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| Mar.11 |
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Bridge Project Delays Push Back Opening Construction of key elements for the eastern portion are 15 months behind schedule, and Caltrans is no longer confident it can make up the time
| Mar.16 |
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Giant Cranes Squeeze Under Bridges A ship carrying three new container cranes arrived at the Port of Oaklandafter passing under the Golden Gate and the Bay Bridge timeline">Bay Bridge
| Mar.17 |
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Power Outage Knocks Out Bridge Lights A power outage affected residents in the South of Market as well as commuters on the Bay Bridge Wednesday morning
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| Apr.28 |
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Family Files Suit In Bridge Plunge Death The family of Tahir Fakhar, 56, who died when his big-rig plunged over the side of the Bay Bridge last November is holding the state accountable
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| May.6 |
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S-Curve Patrols To Be Reduced July 1 Authorities will draw down increased traffic enforcement on the Bay Bridge S-curve, the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee decided | |
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| Jun.30 |
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Fatal, Fiery Crash A woman was killed on the lower deck near Treasure Island when her speeding car crashed into a recycling truck and caught fire
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| Jul.1 |
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Few Problems As Bridge Tolls Go Up Auto tolls increased by a dollar to $5 on the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael and San Mateo-Hayward bridges | |
| Jul.4 |
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Park Proposed For Oakland Side Of Bridge Caltrans, Oakland, the Toll Authority and six other agencies have proposed converting up to 50 acres of industrial section to Gateway Park | |
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| Oct.25 |
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Construction underway on new tower Caltrans is moving huge sections of the new eastern span into place -- before bolting them down. Officials hope the sight of it won't affect drivers | |
| Oct.26 |
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Family of driver in bridge crash files suit The family of a man who died after his truck plunged off the Bay Bridge's S-curve has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state
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| Nov.11 |
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Bridge standoff of troubled man's threats A two hour backup after Craig Carlos-Valentino, 51, claimed to have explosives and a gun on him when he stopped his SUV on the upper deck | |
| Nov.13 |
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Suspect charged in Bay Bridge standoff 51-year-old Craig Carlos-Valentino who halted traffic on the bridge and allegedly threatened to blow the span up is facing multiple charges
| Nov.22 |
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Men who led chase on bridge charged Police say two suspects who led officers on a high-speed chase on the Bay Bridge have each been charged with 16 counts of robbery
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