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I-80 Overpass Jarringly Quiet Following Bay Bridge Closure

Good morning, Bay Area. We snapped the following footage of the I-80 overpass this morning from high atop SFist headquarters in SoMa. Exciting? For those of us who live/work in SoMa and

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Bay Bridge Closure Confounds Bad Drivers, Delights Stanley Roberts

Always on the hunt for People Behaving Badly, local treasure newsman Stanley Roberts set up shop at the foot of the Bay Bridge yesterday where drivers scrambling to get out of the city

Bay Bridge Shuts Down For Five Days Starting At 8 PM

Are you ready? While folks in Eastern SoMa celebrate a quieter few days, the commuters around the Bay Area brace themselves for a five-day Bay Bridge shutdown. This project has been 24 year

Photos: A View From The New Bay Bridge

After years of political battles, and then years more of construction, the new east span of the Bay Bridge will finally open early next week. Before the entire bridge closes to allow Caltrans

Bay Bridge Bike/Walk Path Will Open Too, Sort Of; Three Toll Lanes Will Be Closed This Weekend

Some good news/bad news about the new eastern half of the Bay Bridge, which we can't stop talking about, we know. First off, the biking/walking path that will take people on

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Computer Simulation Lets You Live Your New Bay Bridge Commute Right Now

For anyone who just can't wait until September to drive over the World's Largest Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge, this computer simulation released by CalTrans is basically the exact same thing as driving from virtual

BART Will Run 24 Hours During Bridge Closure

Once again forcing the question as to why they can't do it all the time, BART will be running trains all day and all night during the closure of the Bay Bridge starting

Bay Bridge Gets Its Temporary Shims

The quick fix to the much discussed bolt problem on the new span of the Bay Bridge was completed over the weekend, and now we're all set for a September 3 opening of

No, Seriously This Time: New Bay Bridge Span Will Open On Labor Day

After months of broken bolts, handwringing, and bumper sticker sloganeering, officials announced today the final, for real, yep-definitely-this-time opening date for the new East Span of the Bay Bridge, and it's the day

New Bay Bridge Still Might Open The Day After Labor Day

It's been a little over a month since CalTrans semi-officially decided to delay the opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge until December, and then a few days later they

Effort To Rename Bay Bridge After Emperor Norton Revived By Online Petition

Although Sacramento's bright idea to name the western span of the Bay Bridge in honor of noted local hat wearer Willie Brown was met with derision locally, the effort did remind us of

Big Rig Fire Closes 2 Bay Bridge Lanes [Updated]

UPDATE 10:05: Interstate 80 westbound lanes will be closed until noon. While the BART strike has been postponed for a few days, getting across the bay was still a mess this morning.

New Bay Bridge Approach Will Feature 88 Palm Trees [Updated]

The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, whenever it actually opens, will feature a median dotted with 88 palm trees that will blow in the breeze and possibly die within months. Landscapers

Suspicious Package Closes Bay Bridge In Both Directions; Traffic Moving Again

Traffic is slowing moving again after a suspicious package was found on the Treasure Island offramp. While the suspicious device was found to be benign, the sluggish traffic could be the death of

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Meanwhile, On The New Bay Bridge Span...

Although the new eastern span has its fair share of snafus going on at the moment, today its roads were give a microdermabrasion scrub. On Friday, workers pave the new deck. The bridge

Hold Up: Bay Bridge Could Still Open On Time With Quick Fix

Members of the peer review panel who had already given the thumbs up for the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge to open despite some cracked bolts took bridge officials by surprise

Bay Bridge Opening Delayed Until December or Later [Update]

Caltrans met behind closed doors today with state legislators today to discuss the progress of the steel saddle thing they're having fabricated in order to solve the Great Cracked Bolt Debacle of 2013,

Millionaire Gives $1.5 Million to Cover Bay Lights Shortfall; Broken LEDs Getting Fixed

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg just ponied up a whopping $1.5 million to cover the remaining budget shortfall for the $8 million Bay Lights installation. Mullenweg had already donated $100,000 to artist

NYT Enjoying the Bay Bridge Bolt Debacle

The story of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge and its pesky, brittle bolts has finally reached the New York Times, and the most expensive infrastructure project in California's history is

Bay Bridge Builder Gets $20 Million Bonus If New Span Opens On Time

Scandal! (Possibly.) According to the Contra Costa Times, who has been all over the bridge this week, contractor American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises will cash in on a $20 million bonus if the bridge

Sacramento Wants To Rename The Bay Bridge After Willie Brown

A group of State Assembly members in Sacramento, their palms still greasy from their lunch of Subway no doubt, introduced a resolution Wednesday to name the big, flashy western span of the Bay

Definitely Open That Sketchy Bridge, Experts Say

Two out of three experts from a peer-review panel say the new East span of the Bay Bridge should have no problem opening up right on schedule on Labor Day and that the

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Uh Oh: Bay Lights Already Malfunctioning

This is not good, kids. Matier & Ross are reporting today on "hundreds" of those little LED lights that are part of the Bay Lights display that are stuck in either the on

Gov. Brown On Bay Bridge Bolt Screwup: 'S**t Happens'

The latest in the fiasco surrounding the roughly 1,200 bolts on the new Bay Bridge span that may or may not be too brittle to withstand an earthquake is that Governor Jerry

Things Looking Even Worse With Those Bay Bridge Bolts

Following on some comments last week by a retired engineer who says that Caltrans "fell on its face" with regard to the steel-bolts fiasco, it's come to light that there are some 1,