Caltrans officials are getting ready for the implosion of the largest support pier of the old Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge, which will take…
Caltrans will periodically close the bike path on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge over the next two weeks because of torch cutting…
Plans to demolish the largest pier in the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge using explosives took another step forward today as a bay…
Caltrans is seeking permits to demolish the largest pier of the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge with explosives, a procedure that could be…
Anchor rods in the tower of the Bay Bridge’s new eastern span are not broken and 99 percent can withstand a major earthquake, Caltrans officials…
Periodic closures of San Francisco’s Van Ness Avenue for the construction of a new California Pacific Medical Center campus will begin tonight and continue through…
Caltrans awarded nearly $82 million to construct the Central Subway light rail line in San Francisco, representatives said on Wednesday. The 1.7-mile light rail line…
Deteriorating joints in the upper deck of the western span of the Bay Bridge will be replaced over the next 10 weeks or more, necessitating…
Northbound Interstate Highway 280 in San Francisco has reopened tonight following a closure over the Labor Day holiday weekend for a construction project to strengthen…
Northbound Interstate Highway 280 in San Francisco will close this afternoon and remain closed through the Labor Day weekend as large sections of the highway…
Northbound Interstate Highway 280 in San Francisco will be closed over the Labor Day weekend as replacement hinges are installed along the highway to strengthen…
Tonight is start of a planned five-day closure on a stretch of northbound Interstate Highway 280 in San Francisco for a construction project. The highway…
Some of the anchor rods that hold in place strands of the main cable of the Bay Bridge’s new eastern span are skewed off-center and…
Caltrans officials said today that work will begin soon on a key part of the demolition of the 77-year-old original east span of the Bay…
A Caltrans spokesman said today that non-standard weld connections that were used to hold road deck sections together on the new eastern span of the…
Caltrans officials said today that they’re concerned about leaks on a short section of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge but they’re hopeful…
Workers have finished a permanent fix for problem bolts on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, a Caltrans spokesman said today. Spokesman Andrew…
Icy roadways in parts of the Bay Area this morning resulted in some crashes and traffic slowdowns but no reports of injuries, according to the…
Bay Area transportation officials today briefly discussed the existence of a good-luck troll on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge but were reluctant…
Commuting on the Bay Bridge has been notably sluggish since the new eastern span opened late Monday night, but the slowdown may only be temporary,…
How do you dismantle an 80-year-old bridge? In the case of the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge, which opened in November 1936 and…
Bay Area transit agencies said today that they will beef up service while the Bay Bridge is closed over Labor Day weekend but also said…
A bridge engineering expert told a Bay Area transportation panel today that a short-term fix could allow the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge…
5:46 PM: The opening of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge was delayed again today, nearly 24 years after a 50-foot, 250-ton section…
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger said today that it will be another six weeks before it’s determined whether the new eastern span of…
Members of the state Senate transportation committee asked tough questions today of Caltrans and Metropolitan Transportation Committee officials about faulty anchor bolts on the new…
Transportation officials overseeing construction of the Bay Bridge’s new eastern span said today they have developed a solution to a problem involving faulty anchor bolts…
Two people were killed this morning on state Highway 1 in Sonoma County when a red Ferrari crashed into a tree and burst into flames,…
A Caltrans official said today that he’s confident a solution will be found soon to cope with the recent discovery of problems with 32 large…
Thirty-two large bolts on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge have been discovered to be faulty, a Metropolitan Transportation Commission spokesman said this…
