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Fix For Broken Bay Bridge Rods To Cost $1 Million
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS /AP) - Fixing problems caused when nearly three dozen steel rods broke on a new span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will cost about $1 million, a state transportation...
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Bad Bolts May Delay Bay Bridge Opening
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP / BCN) – A state transportation official said it could take weeks or even months to find a solution for bolts that snapped on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge. California...
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Caltrans Engineers Concerned About Bay Bridge Bolts Years Before Failure
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) — Officials in charge of building a new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge repeatedly questioned the work and quality control of companies involved in making long...
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Feds Now Probe Bad Bay Bridge Bolts; Opening Day In Doubt
OAKLAND (KPIX 5/KCBS) - The Federal Highway Administration said Monday that it had launched a probe into why seemingly undesirable bolts were used on portions of the new eastern span of the San...
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Bay Bridge Official: ‘Fighting Chance’ For 2013 Opening
SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) – The new $6.3 billion eastern portion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge still “has a fighting chance” to open this year, despite concerns over structural issues, officials...
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Governor Says New Bay Bridge Opening May Be Delayed
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – California Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday he doesn’t know if the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will open over Labor Day weekend because of safety concerns. It’s the first time...
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Bridge Expert Urges Caltrans To Replace Defective Bolts
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – An internationally-known expert who serves as a Caltrans adviser says the agency needs to examine hundreds of at-risk rods on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge and replace...
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Supplier Persuaded Caltrans To Use Rods Which Cracked On New Bay Bridge
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Documents released on Tuesday show that Caltrans was persuaded to use questionable bolts on the Bay Bridge, after a supplier pointed out that they were already in use at the...
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Caltrans Prepares For Massive Repair Job On Cracked Seismic Bolts
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Caltrans is preparing to test the integrity of seismic sheer bolts on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge as crews prepare for a massive repair job where dozens of those bolts have...
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Busted Bay Bridge Bolts Manufacturer Denies Blame
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The Ohio company that supplied the bolts that cracked on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge said the parts supplied to Caltrans met industry specifications when they were...
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Another Set Of Bad Bolts Found On New Bay Bridge Span
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Another set of problematic bolts have been discovered on the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, according to transit officials. Many of the bolts used to...
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Announcement Of Opening Day For New Bay Bridge Span Looms
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – Next Wednesday, July 10, is the day local transportation officials said they would announce if the new Bay Bridge will open as planned this Labor Day weekend. Ahead of that much...
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Caltrans Performing Stress Tests On Bay Bridge Rods
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Caltrans is now performing stress corrosion tests on a random sampling of rods on the eastern foundation of the Bay Bridge. The testing of 13 rods on the Bay Bridge was prompted by...
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Phil Matier: Carquinez Bolt Problems Foreshadowed Bay Bridge Mess
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Caltrans is already facing tough questions raised in the wake of a highly critical report and a state senate committee hearing on engineers’ alerting agency managers about...
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Phil Matier: Bay Bridge Contractor Receives Millions In Bonuses
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Despite plenty of problems, from broken bolts to water leaks, the main contractor on the new Bay Bridge has received nearly $49 million in bonuses. The bonuses include $20 million paid...
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Caltrans Hopes Rain Will Help Them Solve Leak Issues On Bay Bridge
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Caltrans engineers are hoping this week’s wet weather will help them discover how water is leaking into the barrier rail of the Bay Bridge. About 30 percent of the 2,600 bolts...
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List: The New Bay Bridge’s Biggest Problems
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF)— The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has had its share of recent woes since the controversy over the flawed bolts discovered during the final stages of...
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More Problems For Eastern Span Of Bay Bridge, Off-Center Bolts Could Be...
OAKLAND (KCBS) – A new concern has arisen with some of the bolts used on the new $6.5 billion eastern span of the Bay Bridge. There is now an alignment problem with some of the bolts that attach the...
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Bay Bridge Oversight Committee To Pay Another $3 Million To Fix Problems With...
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — A committee overseeing the new Bay Bridge eastern span project is going to pay another $3 million to fix several mistakes with the span, including rust-stained paint, misaligned rods...
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California Senator Mark DeSaulnier Calls For Criminal Investigation Of Bay...
SACRAMENTO (KCBS)— State Senator Mark DeSaulnier D- Concord thinks the construction of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge was a fiasco. A recent investigation could result in criminal charges based...
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$500,000 Panel Of Experts Assembled To Design Testing Plan For For Bay Bridge...
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— An expert engineering panel has been assembled to support further bolt testing on the troubled Bay Bridge, even though the California Department of Transportation insists the...
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