Posts Tagged ‘CalTrans’

More than 40 crashes on S-curve of death, CHP says

Monday, November 9, 2009 10:17 No Comments

Last night’s big rig plunge off the Bay Bridge, which happened at 3:30 a.m. when a semi with a load of pears hit the infamous S-curve too fast, was only the latest of more than forty accidents on the suddenly jinxed bridge, the CHP said, as reported by KTVU TV’s website.
The truck hit the curve [...]

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Don’t count on Monday morning bridge reopening

Sunday, November 1, 2009 15:48 No Comments

Safety engineers were still testing the most recent repairs to the Bay Bridge over the weekend, and the word mid-Sunday afternoon is: don’t count on the bridge being available for the Monday morning commute. Better plan alternatives. Update @ 5:20 pm: That’s confirmed, no Monday morning on the bridge.
Pictures show an eerily empty toll [...]

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Bridge still closed through Friday evening commute

Friday, October 30, 2009 10:51 No Comments

Engineers were continuing to test the completed fix-to-the-repair on the suddenly dubious Bay Bridge today, and CalTrans announced at 10:00 a.m. today that the bridge would remain closed throughout the Friday evening commute. It could possibly open as early as late Friday evening. You can click the map at left for a current traffic map [...]

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Public pleads with CalTrans: Don’t rush repairs again

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 17:07 No Comments

The Bay Bridge could be open as early as Thursday evening “if everything goes perfectly” with repairs to the troublesome spot on the cantilever span, CalTrans told KRON Channel 4 today. “If something happens during the testing” and they have to adjust the repairs, it could take days longer.
Meanwhile, a UC Berkeley engineering expert [...]

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BREAKING: Bay Bridge closed again after repair fails

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 21:19 No Comments

The Bay Bridge was closed around 7 pm this evening after the emergency repair accomplished over the Labor Day weekend broke apart, raining heavy steel pieces and cables down on westbound traffic.
California Highway Patrol officers are still working, two hours after the incident, to clear heavy traffic from the bridge, after which it will be [...]

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