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	San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Project
		This website is designed to offer a window into the historic work being done on the Bay Bridge– from the retrofitting of the original West Span, to the demolition and replacement of the West Approach, to the construction of the new Skyway and dramatic single tower Self-Anchored Suspension (SAS) span.
		Be sure to check in often for the latest news and information about the Bay Bridge.
		There was no structural damage to the Bay Bridge.
	www.baybridgeinfo.org (201 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
		It crosses the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and connects the independent cities of Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Virginia to Cape Charles in Northampton County along with the rest of the eastern shore of Virginia.
		Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District is a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
		In the summer of 1960, the Chesapeake Bay Ferry Commission sold $200 million in toll revenue bonds to private investors, and the proceeds were used to finance the construction of the Bridge-Tunnel.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chesapeake-Bay-Bridge_Tunnel (3703 words)

	San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bay Bridge Committee lately submitted its report to the Board of Supervisors, in which compromise with the Central Pacific was recommended; also the bridging of the bay at Ravenswood and the granting of railroad facilities at Mission Bay and on the water front.
		In 1926, the California Legislature established the Toll Bridge Authority with the responsibility of bridging San Francisco and Alameda County.
		The original west approach to the bridge was at Fifth and Bryant Streets, and this is still an entrance to and exit from the freeway, which now continues as the James Lick Skyway.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Francisco-Oakland_Bay_Bridge (3420 words)

	Bay Bridge closure forces motorists to other bridges - Examiner.com
		Traffic increased on other Bay Area bridges this holiday weekend, as drivers detoured around the closed eastbound span of the Bay Bridge, but transportation officials declared the shutdown a success overall.
		The Golden Gate Bridge had to accommodate an influx of traffic heading north from The City by opening an additional northbound lane on Saturday and Sunday, said Mary Currie, a spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.
		The lower deck of the Bay Bridge is closed until 5 a.m.
	www.examiner.com /printa-262333~Bay_Bridge_closure_forces_motorists_to_other_bridges.html (352 words)

	Cianbro News Story Viewer
		Numerous studies were conducted to evaluate the deteriorating structural condition of the old bridge and to determine the feasibility of rebuilding or replacing it, including the possibility of a tunnel crossing.
		It was not until 1987 that a plan to replace the old bridge was accepted by local, state and federal officials, clearing the way for the design and construction of the Casco Bay Bridge.
		Concrete from the old bridge was recycled by processing the demolished concrete into a consistent gradation and used as granular fill for the cellular sheet-pile dolphins.
	www.cianbro.com /press/newsview.asp?sid=616 (1665 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Bridge
		The Northern Bay Bridge would have run from Miller Island near Edgemere in Baltimore County, to Tolchester Beach in Kent County, and the Southern Bay Bridge would have run from Lusby in Calvert County to Taylors Island in Dorchester County.
		With a length of 4.3 miles, the bridges are among the world's longest and most-scenic over-water structures.
		The bridge was rededicated on Nov. 9, 1967, as the William Preston Lane, Jr., Memorial Bridge in honor of the former governor who obtained legislative authority to build it 20 years earlier.
	www.roadstothefuture.com /Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge.html (1062 words)

	USATODAY.com - List of woes almost as long as S.F. Bay Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Situated between two major earthquake faults, the Bay Bridge is the starkest example of the worrisome condition of many of the nation's bridges.
		The Bay Area would pay an estimated $150 million by extending for 15 months on the Bay Bridge a $1 toll surcharge that had been levied on all the state's bridges to pay for earthquake retrofitting.
		The Bay Area's insistence on architectural harmony with the Golden Gate Bridge, squabbling over the new bridge's exact route, foot-dragging by the Navy, a four-year environmental review, late demands to include a rail line, objections from powerful politicians to the design — all had a hand in stretching the process.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-09-20-baybridge-usat_x.htm (1175 words)

	Civil Engineering Magazine - September 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For the overall design of the bridge, the EDAP recommended that two cable-supported design alternatives be taken to the level of 30 percent before a final selection was made and that the possibility of incorporating a path for bikers and pedestrians on the structure be evaluated.
		It also recommended that the tower on the eastern bridge not be taller than the suspension towers on the existing western span and that the main-span tower not have a diamond shape because of that shape's seismic vulnerability.
		Unlike traditional suspension bridge schemes, these deviation saddles are fixed to the west bent and the cable force on either side are balanced during construction using a jacking saddle.
	www.pubs.asce.org /ceonline/0900feat.html (2964 words)

	Turtle Bay Exploration Park :: Sundial Bridge
		The Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay crosses the Sacramento River in the heart of Redding, California.
		The tall pylon and cable stays allow the bridge to avoid the nearby salmon-spawning habitat there are no supports in the water while encouraging public appreciation for the river.
		Plazas are situated at both ends of the bridge for public use; the north-side plaza stretches to the water allowing patrons to sit at the river's edge.
	www.turtlebay.org /sundial/sundial.shtml (331 words)

	Symphonies in Steel: San Francisco Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate
		As finally constructed, the Bay Bridge is 43,500 feet or 8 1/4 miles long, from end to end of the approaches.
		The Golden Gate Bridge is the result of the long-term determination of the people of six California counties who, eventually, formed themselves into a Golden Gate Bridge District comprising the city and county of San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, and Del Norte counties, as well as a portion of Napa and Mendocino counties.
		In 1928, earlier efforts culminated in the incorporation of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District; in November 1930, the voters of the concerned counties passed a $35 million bond issue to finance the building of the bridge, while pledging the property of these counties as security for the payment of the bonds.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist9/mcgloin.html (2935 words)

	Bridging the Bay: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Bay Bridge was an official, publicly funded project with nearly everyone agreeing that a bridge connecting San Francisco and the East Bay was desirable.
		The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was opened to vehicular traffic on November 12, 1936 and was built for a total cost of $77.6 million.
		Upon its completion, the Bay Bridge was recognized as the greatest bridge in the world for its length, cost, weight, depth, amount of steel and concrete used, number of piers, and versatility of engineering.
	www.lib.berkeley.edu /news_events/exhibits/bridge/sfobay.html (251 words)

	photo.net Forum: shooting the Bay Bridge
		The exit road leads under the lower bridge deck, back around the hill and down toward the flat Treasure Island in-fill done for the world's fair back in the 30's (Yerba Buena was the already existing island).
		There are a few small wooden trestle type bridges on the transcontinental railway, but I don't know that they come too close to the bay.
		It's located near the eastbound bridge exit ramp and along side a road leading under the bridge to a residential area.
	www.photo.net /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=000usO (1398 words)

	Birders Flock Together In Quest to Return To Bay Bridge-Tunnel
		The commission that operates the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is scheduled to vote today on a compromise proposal on bird-watchers access to the man-made islands at the ends of the tunnels linking Virginias Eastern Shore and the Hampton Roads area.
		Their successful effort to regain access to the bridge islands illustrates how it is possible to continue their activities, even in a security-conscious age.
		The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, a 17.6-mile span that costs $17 round-trip for a passenger car, connects Virginia's Eastern Shore with the mainland at Virginia Beach.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/13/AR2005061301719.html (684 words)

	San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge, California (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Incidentally, the Transbay Transit Terminal is a building fairly close to the bridge's western end, originally used as a terminus for the street-cars which once used the bridge; it is now used as a terminus by a variety of bus companies, both local and long distance.
		The length of the cantilever and truss bridge which crosses the East Bay is 10,176 feet with a cantilever span of 1400 feet.
		The bridge was modified in 1958 to the current arrangement for the use of each deck.
	freespace.virgin.net /john.cletheroe/usa_can/ca/oaklndbr.htm (965 words)

	Sunshine Skyway Cable-Stayed Bridge Tampa Florida
		This massive bridge was equipped with a bridge protection system, designed by Parsons Brinkerhoff.
		Completed in April, 1987, at a construction cost of approximately $245 million, the bridge safely carries four lanes of traffic (20,000 cars a day) back and forth from Pinellas County (St. Petersburg) to Manatee County.
		One of the 536 vertical steel tendons that hold together the bridge's 76 hollow pillars has failed from corrosion, and inspectors have discovered potentially harmful rust on several others.
	bridgepros.com /projects/Sunshineskyway/Sunshineskyway.htm (154 words)

	Group Studies How to Unclog Bay Bridge
		A new bridge, which would be a massive, expensive and controversial project, is still only an idea that wouldn't come to fruition for many years, officials said.
		The average weekday load on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge is 61,000 vehicles and is expected to grow 41 percent, to 86,000 vehicles, by 2025.
		The original bridge was built in 1952, and about 20 years later, when Anne Arundel's population had grown to about 300,000, a second bridge was built next to it.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/10/AR2005081000665.html?nav=rss_metro/md (730 words)

	The Bay Bridge Blunder
		Senate bill 210, another effort to increase the toll on the Bay Bridge by 100 percent (as well as the San Mateo-Hayward and Dumbarton Bridges), passed the assembly and senate in 1992 but died in conference committee because of conflicts over the distribution of revenue.
		Rebating the money to the bridge owners or the taxpayers was not an option, nor was lowering or eliminating the tolls at nonpeak periods in an attempt to forge a revenue neutral proposal.
		In the case of the Bay Bridge, this means increasing the toll during commute hours to get commuters out of their cars.
	www.cato.org /pubs/regulation/reg19n4f.html (4152 words)

	Pothole causes headaches for Bay Bridge travelers - Examiner.com
		A 1-foot by 3-foot pothole backed up traffic on the Bay Bridge for as much as nine miles Sunday morning when crews closed the right-hand eastbound lane to finish a temporary fix, according to Teri Moss, spokeswoman for the Maryland Transportation Authority.
		The hole in the bridge decking, situated almost at the peak of the span, was reported about 8 a.m.
		Thousands of cars were expected to cross the Bay Bridge during the holiday weekend.
	www.examiner.com /a-166494~Pothole_causes_headaches_for_Bay_Bridge_travelers.html (663 words)

	Portsmouth Herald Editorial: Little Bay Bridge expansion is the only answer
		It is a reality that the current configuration of the Little Bay Bridge and turnpike can no longer support the amount of traffic all these factors are forcing them to handle, and the traffic congestion is making both more dangerous to travel.
		The plan to expand the Little Bay Bridge to four lanes in each direction sends some environmentalists into a fit, but it must be done.
		Perhaps the plan to rehabilitate the old General Sullivan Bridge into a pedestrian and bicycle path that could some day carry regular bus service will alleviate some of the congestion on the Little Bay Bridge, but for now, expansion is the only option.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2005news/11142005/editoria/73063.htm (506 words)

	Former Bay Bridge foreman files whistle-blower lawsuit (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leon said he was dismissed in January after he filed a complaint with state regulators that Bay Bridge welders were being exposed to toxic fumes, according to the lawsuit.
		After he lost his job, he told FBI officials about his concerns about the quality of welds on the Bay Bridge's new eastern span, leading to an eight-month investigation.
		KFM and state transportation and safety officials have consistently vouched for the safety and quality of the Bay Bridge project since allegations of faulty welds were first reported in April.
	www.heraldtribune.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051026/APN/510261013 (250 words)

	Verrazano Narrows Bridge
		The ends of the bridge are at historic Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn and Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island, both of which guarded New York Harbor at the Narrows for over a century.
		Located at the mouth of upper New York Bay, the bridge not only connects Brooklyn with Staten Island but is also a major link in the interstate highway system, providing the shortest route between the middle Atlantic states and Long Island.
		In Brooklyn, the bridge connects to the Belt Parkway and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and to the largely residential community of Bay Ridge.
	www.mta.nyc.ny.us /bandt/html/veraz.htm (282 words)

	Bay bridge set to boost delta area
		With the construction of Hangzhou Bay Bridge, Hangzhou Bay New Zone is soon expected to become one of the most prosperous economies in the Yangtze River Delta, according to local authorities.
		The bridge - the longest cross-sea bridge in the world - will traverse part of the East China Sea in the Yangtze River Delta.
		Work on the bridge began in June and will be finished by 2008.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2003-10/27/content_275806.htm (230 words)

	Is the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Safe? — KCRW \| 89.9FM
		Legislators of both parties are hopping mad and Governor Schwarzenegger's office says he's taking it "seriously." The cause of their concern is a report in the Oakland Tribune about 15 whistle-blowing welders who've brought the FBI down on Caltrans and private contractors, putting California's biggest public works project in danger of collapse.
		The new $6 billion San Francisco Bay Bridge could be riddled with faulty welds and its massive concrete pilings might have to be torn apart to see if they're strong enough to hold 282,000 cars every day.
		The new span, which runs from Yerba Buena Island in the middle of the bay to Emeryville on the east, is designed to replace part of the existing bridge that collapsed during an earthquake in 1989.
	www.kcrw.com /news/programs/ww/ww050407is_the_san_francisco (355 words)

	San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The structure is actually 3 bridges: two suspension bridges and one cantilever bridge (a bridge formed by two projecting beams joined in the center and supported on piers and anchored by counterbalancing members).
		Construction on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was difficult because of the width of the bay and depth of the water.
		The suspension bridges were then extended to Yerba Buena Island in the middle of the bay.
	www.micron.com /k12/lessonplans/bridges/bay.html (409 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel -- HISTORY
		An act creating the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District, and the Chesapeake Bay Ferry Commission as the governing body of the District; authorizes the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance by the Commission of a ferry project within the District.
		Changes the names of the Chesapeake Bay Ferry District and the Chesapeake Bay Ferry Commission to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission, respectively; and prescribes the maximum rate of interest and interest cost on certain bonds.
		Authorizes the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission to establish, finance, construct, maintain, repair, and operate an additional bridge and tunnel crossing generally parallel to the existing bridge and tunnel crossing.
	www.cbbt.com /history.html (1425 words)

	Inside Bay Area - Argus - Local News
		The Bay Bridge foreman who was an informant in an eight-month FBI investigation into allegations of concealed bad bridge welds has filed a whistle-blower lawsuit.
		East Bay welder Angel Leon sued bridge firm KFM Joint Venture, its subsidiaries and some of his supervisors in Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesday, seeking economic, general and punitive damages.
		Leon's lawsuit is the third brought by Bay Bridge welders in Alameda County this year.
	www.insidebayarea.com /argus/localnews/ci_3152356 (857 words)

	Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
		The new Cross Bay Parkway Bridge was to replace a rickety two-lane concrete trestle that was constructed in the years after World War I. Fishermen often parked their cars on the traffic lanes of the old bridge, causing a bottleneck for motorists.
		Moses' position at the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, which was outside the jurisdiction of city government, was safe for the time being.
		In 2006, MTA Bridges and Tunnels will complete a $10 million project to rehabilitate the steel superstructure, replace the concrete in the southbound ramps, replace drainage and electrical systems, and install new variable message signs and traffic control devices.
	www.nycroads.com /crossings/cross-bay (763 words)

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