SF Bay Bridge closed Aug 28 to Sept 3

I'm sure that will make traffic very interesting.

Probably no traffic on Labor Day weekend so a good time to do it.

I was just reading about this bridge repair. A wonderful example of bureaucracy in action: this repair has been going on for over 20 years!! Amazing.

fj12ryder wrote:
I was just reading about this bridge repair. A wonderful example of bureaucracy in action: this repair has been going on for over 20 years!! Amazing.

Theres been talk that the design is flawed. Several major issues were found only a few months ago. Hope it's safe and holds up!

The article said all the deck plate and steel was coming from China and they were having problems meeting the specifications at the fabrication and production plants in China.

That might make me a bit nervous about travel over it. :)

I have read about this in our engineering news reports.

This is how I understand the problem. There are 36" diameter pins that hold the bridge together but allow movement in case of earthquake. The pins have been failing at a high rate during installation. Workers pounding them in have fractured them! For a while nobody wanted to admit there was a problem, so assembly continued with a new pin whenever one broke. Finally, after someone said "hold on, there are way too many flawed pins and we need to pull ALL of them to check them", they decided to take action. Unfortunately, by now they had poured concrete over the top of the pins and now the concrete had to be removed!

Sometimes real life is funnier than something you can make up!

Steve

Over Labor Day weekend?? You've gotta be kidding me. Why can't they just wait until Sept 4?? Besides the insane traffic jams that will result, all the bridge workers will be drawing holiday pay. Probably at least double time. Guess Califoria's financial woes are over.

i just love some of the out-of-staters' uninformed/incorrect comments!:S

bikendan wrote:
i just love some of the out-of-staters' uninformed/incorrect comments!:S

Please elaborate, some of us would like to know about the misinformation. Feel free to enlighten and inform.

bikendan wrote:
i just love some of the out-of-staters' uninformed/incorrect comments!:S

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