New. We have Additional Units on ds caltrans wants to start work at 8 00 p. M. Sharp meaning chp will close down access as early 7 00. Some will be surprised if they wait too long. Best message su know, be patient. Plan ahead. Make sure youve got time to get to where you need to be. All east bay approaches will close, then, traffic on the eastbound 80 skyway will be diverted on to 4th street. Im leaving the city. I dont have to deal witness. We found driver was the same idea getting across the bridge early. Im making think mi way aconsiders the bridge before cinderela loses a show. Signs are everywhere. Many have commute plans in place. Thursday, and friday. A lot of breaks. You know go,ing to need to get across. I recommend staying away. Miff days of detours that begins in a few short hours. Were back live here. I just checked it out. Traffic is backed up so its a nightmare commute already. Chp suggests some people will try to be one of the last to cross the old bay bridge. Up to say
Have been using it since the 1930s, is closed. We have coverage going with matt keller on the oakland side of the bridge. Next to the toll plaza at 200 yards away i step out the way and you can see the work being done on the bridge. The work during closure has to do with grinding and striping which takes time to cure and dry. The new span needs to be connected to land on the oakland side and the tunnel on the with the side. The challenging roth is demolition of the old westbound upper deck on the oakland side so the bicycle path can be connected. There is a final touch with birds nesting on the old bridge so boxes were the on the newen into. We put steel american platforms to entice the birds over to make their home under the new bridge. When it is done driving on the new bridge will be a different experience. The eastbound and westbound decks are sidebyside rather than stacked and the driving expense is much more open. On opening day there will be two miles worth of rail to guide you
I will give you another live look from the very quiet bay bridge toll plaza. Thats where we are awaiting a News Conference for how the closure went and whats going on right now along the eastern and western spans. We will take you live during this newscast as soon as it gets under way. Hundreds of thousands of people make their way across the bridge on a daily basis. Today was bitter sweet for some who made their way across the span for the last time. I am going to be sorry to see it going down. I love the views from the bridge and seeing the other go up. Taking a look around, i guess we will never see that angle again. I should have taken a few more glances at the water. Some commuters are planning to take time off to avoid the detailers. They want to give it a day to make sure it didnt have any safety problems. Giving you a live look from the emeryville camera. They are looking at the traffic that approaches here. Traffic onnure yo right is normally where drivers would head towards t
Blocked one lane and this is at grant line road and we are looking at slow conditions from tracy and toward livermore. It is slow until dublin pleasanton and opens up and become up at 238 so the traffic toward the san mateo bridge is getting busy and speaking of which we have this brand new accident blocking one lane at the tolls at the spay yes bridge and you have bumpertobumper traffic easing up slightly but we have slower commute. Outside, i will show you the maze and as you can see the traffic is building as you make it out of berkeley to 580 making a push toward the nimitz. Mike . Guest good morning, everyone, we will start with live doppler 7 hd tracking the clouds as they lower and spread throughout the bay, four miles visibility and four miles in santa rosa is the lowest with flight arrival delays in sfo at an hour and 20 minutes because of the should cover. The next telephone hours, minor drizzle and 62 through 7 00 and clouds will Linger Longer today and mostly sunny at noon
Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Good morning, a historic morning is underway. We will transition from the old bay bridge on the right in the dark to the longawaited new eastern span lit up on the left of the screen. This shot is from the camera and you can see no commuters as we enter the first full day of the bridge closure. Thanks positive joining us. We are keeping a close eye on the commute, the first since the bay bridge shut down. Crews are working to get the new eastern span of the bridge ready. Are you ready with an alternative means of getting to work . We have coverage at the tom toll. At the toll plaza. Matt . The work is intense on the bay bridge. A steady stream of heavy equipment moved in moments after the bridge was closed. It is still here. Crews are tearing up the old approach to the bridge and grinding away the old pavement to make way if a new path from the toll plaza. The new span will be connected to the oakland side and the island tunnel on