But not everyone is so sure thats a good idea. The best thing to do would be to wait until the retrofit is complete, then open the bridge. Reporter but experts and transportation officials have repeatedly insisted that the real threat to Public Safety is keeping drivers on the old eastern span, which remains vulnerable to an earthquake. The existing bridge is the one folks ought to be worried about and thats the one they shouldnt be trusting. Reporter the Oversight Committee agreed that the bridge will open the morning of september 3rd with little fanfare, a simple chain cutting ceremony and potentially a larger scale celebration next year. The temporary fix will be going in this weekend. It should take only about a day to install it. Just to give you an idea of how quickly this whole process is moving along, within about an hour of that unanimous vote happening, we saw that caltrans had already put signs up along the approach to the bay bridge, announcing the bridge closure from augus
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Pretty good about that. Very mild start as the temperatures moving into the mid60s into san jose. 65 livermore. Clouds giving way to sunshine but you get the idea a few high clouds with a southerly component ramping up the humidity this morning. A muggy day outside. These temperatures around seasonal maybe slightly above in some spots inland. 88 in concord, San Francisco 68 spot on average. Well have more on the weekend forecast in a moment. Heres liza with the traffic report. We have light traffic all around with no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza where westbound traffic is light across the upper deck into San Francisco. The dublin interchange leaving the Altamont Pass no brake lights so far approaching grant line road you can see a lot of folks in the commute direction but theres still room on the freeway. So westbound 580 still moving at the speed limit leaving the dublin interchange heading counsel the grade there. Highway 92, san mateo bridge is troublefree. In fact, all of th
This is kpix5 news. In just two weeks, the bay bridge will close to all traffic. How crews will get the closing to get the new span open once for for all. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. The bridge will close both directions august 28 and reopen can with traffic on the new ian span 5 00 a. M. Tuesday september 3. Sue quan tells us what it will take to get traffic off the old span and onto the new. Sue . Reporter it will take careful coordination and delicate demolition of the old span next to it. Steel shins are ready to be installed. The temporary fix is expected to be relatively quick and possibly done in a day. Westbound lanes will be created for the new bridge approach and i80 will be connected to the new span. Workers will be focused on paving and striping to guide drivers off the new roadway. All of this while demolition begins of the relic built in 1936. 5billion overbudget and 10 years later than planned, in the home stretch with one more period of waiting. Here is what driver
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