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Westbound travelers going over the bridge, listen up: a Safeway big rig truck overturned on the Bay Bridge, which has since caused an INSANE amount of traffic back-up. According to KTVU, the big rig tipped over at the new s-curve portion of the bridge on the top part of the span. The accident happened around 2:30. It's blocking "4 out of 5 lanes."
Safeway products, it seems, are strewn all over the road.
Anyway, this won't be cleaned up for at least two hours. Instead, you might want to take the San Rafael Bridge or find your way to 101 as a detour if you're coming home to SF.
Watch it all go down on CBS 5's Live traffic cam. Check out a pic pf the big rig here.
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i want me some of them groceries
can someone please provide a traffic cam?
You mean like on 511.org?
http://video.dot.ca.gov/asx/E80at101.asx
Fucking big rigs. It's always a big rig.
Anyway ... thanks, SFist. I was just about to leave.
Gee, I wonder if the driver is fired?
That took longer than I expected
ha! well played!
A month and a week for your prediction to become a reality.
Also: the day after the OMGBIGSTORM2009
Coincidence??
I loves me some tight S curves!
The first of many more to come once the rainy season settles in.
Good thing it didn't go over the edge. That's my biggest worry - not so much a big rig, but a tall SUV or midsize Bauer's Limo.
The cameras shows a backed-up toll plaza and an empty west span are awesome.
Cleanup please, aisles 1 through 4.
"Glad I'm wasn't in that mess" I say as I sip my tea watching the news.
Apparently the reason this took so long to clear is another Safeway truck had to get through the traffic so they could pick up the groceries and load them in the new truck.
Can someone possibly explain to me why the time of thousands of motorists is worth nothing, and Safeway gets to recover a few thousand bucks worth of toilet paper? Why not just push all the shit to the side of the road and open the rest of the lanes? Throw it in the bay? Use caltrans plows to push it to the treasure island offramp?
As for Caltrans' planning as far as signage, bumps, etc. If they can come up with these ideas now, why didn't they do something earlier? They already knew there are tons of accidents on that section. And the whole idea of painting the exposed metal plates at either end with sand and epoxy so there is better traction is great--but why wasn't that done first? Metal plates get slippery in the rain. If the edges of stairs in public buildings get the sand treatment, why not the metal plates just before sharp corners on a roadway?
I was fuming about these exact issues during my commute home last night.
I had plenty of time to catch up on all the coverage during the three hours it took to get from Emeryville to Glen Park.