San Francisco - The Bay Bridge, renewed
San Francisco is re-building its Bay Bridge. Work on the east span is under way. I flew over it yesterday.
This thing is going to be gorgeous, a graceful curve of concrete from Yerba Buena island to Oakland.
In this first picture, you can see how it's going to align when it's all done.
And the second picture shows the work that's going on now.
I hope someone remembers to put back the Kokopelli that was added after the repairs following the Loma Prieta earthquake. It's supposed to defend the bridge.
ETA: Maybe they should have put in a bunch of Kokopellis while the construction's in progress. The temporary S-bend is taking out a bunch of cars. Yesterday (Oct 14, 09) a Safeway truck went over. The driver wasn't hurt, but apparently the roadway looked like an explosion in the produce section.
ETA2: They really need the Kokopelli. Yesterday during commute-rush, a bracket broke, damaged three cars (but apparently not the occupants), and has the Bridge shut down until further notice. (Oct 28, 09). They are inspecting it to see what else might break.
ETA3 (3 Nov 09): The Bridge reopened yesterday morning, but now they're talking about another, longer, closure to do a more durable fix.
This thing is going to be gorgeous, a graceful curve of concrete from Yerba Buena island to Oakland.
In this first picture, you can see how it's going to align when it's all done.
And the second picture shows the work that's going on now.
I hope someone remembers to put back the Kokopelli that was added after the repairs following the Loma Prieta earthquake. It's supposed to defend the bridge.
ETA: Maybe they should have put in a bunch of Kokopellis while the construction's in progress. The temporary S-bend is taking out a bunch of cars. Yesterday (Oct 14, 09) a Safeway truck went over. The driver wasn't hurt, but apparently the roadway looked like an explosion in the produce section.
ETA2: They really need the Kokopelli. Yesterday during commute-rush, a bracket broke, damaged three cars (but apparently not the occupants), and has the Bridge shut down until further notice. (Oct 28, 09). They are inspecting it to see what else might break.
ETA3 (3 Nov 09): The Bridge reopened yesterday morning, but now they're talking about another, longer, closure to do a more durable fix.