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| Costing $6.2 billion, the Eastern span of SF Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic Sep. 2, 2013 |
NEWEST LINK--About
24 years ago, portions of the east end of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
collapsed during the October 17, 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. As of this week (Sep. 2), a $6.4 billion
rebuilding of that eastern segment of the Bay Bridge has been completed and has
opened to the public.
To celebrate the new span’s
grand opening, the website of the San
Francisco Chronicle newspaper produced the following video: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Bridge-eastern-span-opens-4781385.php#media-86418
FYI:
--Designed by Charles H. Purcell
and built by American Bridge Company, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
opened for traffic on November 12, 1936.
--During the Loma Prieta
earthquake, which measured 6.9 on the moment magnitude scale, a 50-foot section
of the upper deck of the eastern truss portion of the bridge at Pier E9
collapsed onto the deck below, indirectly causing one death, a 23-year old
woman named Anamafi Maala, who was driving her car. The bridge was closed for
just over a month as construction crews repaired the section. It reopened on November
18, 1989.
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| The 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta Quake on October 17, 1989 damaged a 50 foot section of the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge causing one fatality |
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