Rebuilding the Bay Bridge
The Oakland Bay Bridge in Northern California will be closed over the Labor Day weekend for seismic upgrades. The work entails moving a 288-foot piece of the bridge that weight 3300 tons to make room for its replacement. Before the replacement span can be built, a temporary bypass will be built to allow traffic to be diverted from the span that’s being replaced. This fascinating YouTube video shows a simulation of how the Bay Bridge bypass will be installed:
Friday, 6. November 2009 16:19
[...] Oakland Bay Bridge has been in the news because of the massive maintenance project which has been undertaken on the [...]
Thursday, 12. August 2010 17:05
[...] Several amazing construction feats took place during the course of the project, not the least of which was moving out a section of the bridge over a holiday weekend to allow a bypass to be installed so that construction could continue without closing the bridge. See video of the bypass here. [...]