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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Bult 1936 270,000 Daily Croosings 10 Lanes currently...Why do we pretend the Lego crap these disinterested lug head contractors would ever compete in Bridge Building?

San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge
Carries 10 lanes (5 westbound on upper level, 5 eastbound on lower) of I-80
Crosses San Francisco Bay via Yerba Buena Island
Locale San Francisco and Oakland
Maintained by California Department of Transportation
ID number ++++++34+0003
Designer Charles H. Purcell
Design Double-decked Suspension, Cantilever Bridge, Truss causeway and Tunnel
Material Steel, concrete
Total length West span: 10,304 feet (3,141 m)
East span: 10,176 feet (3,102 m)
Total: 4.46 miles (7.18 km)
excluding approaches
Width 5 traffic lanes totaling 57.5 feet (17.5 m)
Height West: 526 feet (160 m)[1]
Longest span West: two main spans
2,310 feet (700 m)
East: one main span
1,400 feet (430 m)
Vertical clearance Westbound minimum 14 feet (4.3 m), with additional clearance in some lanes
Clearance below West: 220 feet (67 m)
East: 191 feet (58 m)
Construction begin July 8, 1933
Opened November 12, 1936; 75 years ago
Toll Cars (east span, westbound only)
$6.00 (rush hours)
$2.50 (carpool rush hours)
$4.00 (weekday non-rush hours)
$5.00 (weekend all day)
Daily traffic 270,000

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