Friday, February 17, 2012

Bay bridge

  • The final countdown is on for tonights westbound closure of the Bay Bridge. At 8 p.m. the upper deck of the bridge will shut down for days while Caltrans reconfigures the westbound approach.
  • (Abc Local Web)
  • SAN FRANCISCO — Venture deep inside the new skyway of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and it becomes clear that the bridge's engineers have planned for the long term.
  • (New York Times)
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  • (San Jose Mercury News)
  • If youre heading to San Francisco for the long weekend, be prepared to take the scenic route. The Bay Bridge, which connects Oakland to San Francisco, will be closed to all westbound traffic from 8 p.m. PT on Friday, Feb. 17 through 5 a.m.
  • (International Business Times)
  • Westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge will be closed during the Presidents Day weekend. The westbound lanes into San Francisco will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday, to 5 a.m. Tuesday . Eastbound traffic leaving the city will not be affected.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • The Richmond-San Rafael and Golden Gate bridges are expected to be loaded with traffic this weekend as officials close the upper deck of the Bay Bridge for construction of a detour near the toll plaza.
  • (Marin Independent Journal)
  • Californias 56 bar pilots provide a vital service, boarding commercial ships as they approach a buoy west of the Golden Gate Bridge and guiding them through dicey Bay Area waters.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Nervous drivers who hold their breath as they drive across the seismically fragile east span of the Bay Bridge will be able to breathe easier on or just after Labor Day 2013.
  • (San Francisco Gate)
  • Both houses of the state Legislature met for less than an hour today so lawmakers can collect per diem payments through the holiday weekend. By law they cannot collect the roughly $140 a day if they have a four-day break.
  • (KQED)
  • SAN FRANCISCO – It is hard to find the right birthday present for a bridge, especially one that seems to have everything – a spectacular view, a rich history and most notably, a doting public.
  • (Sacramento Bee)

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