after the holliday weekend, we want this bridge open by 5:00 on tuesday, september 3rd for the commute traffic. reporter: and by the look of thing, construction crews are set to make that deadlines. they are making big progress. the paving is nearly complete up to the toll plaza. they have nearly demolished a 1,000 foot section of the old bridge. and a polyester section has been laid into the tunnel. crews are also doing some sprucing up, cleaning up the face of the tunnel and replacing light bulbs inside. but workers aren t just focused on the eastern span. cal tran is taking advantage of the closure to do work on the western span as well. bridge painting, electrical work. replacing all the burned out lights that we possibly can, clearing drains, any kind of deck work, pothole repair. they are taking the unique opportunity to do about four months of maintenance during the four days of the closure. reporter: they are inspecting to make sure it s in good working orde
the tower. this is what you ll all enjoy come tuesday. we put this clip on our website. you can click on the video page if you want to go over it and watch it again. so the eastern span, work continues out here. big chunk of the grinding work at the toll plaza is done. it will get a smooth coat of asphalt next, followed by some lane striping. we can see some sweepers going by about an hour ago getting some of the dust and rock off preparing for that striping. over on the old bridge workers are chipping away on a 1,000- foot stretch of the incline section and that s to make way for the new bike path but there s another urgent reason that work needs to wrap up and very soon. it s very close to live traffic on tuesday morning. on tuesday morning at 5 a.m. when we open the bridge up, they don t want to be doing this demolition work. reporter: yeah. on the other end of the new span paving on the top deck is completed. that got done today. and they will finish off a lower conne
says animal control and the name al. but she is not at your house to get rid of snakes. police tell kron 4 she is there to steal your jewelry and money. it is like the scam with utility workers. there is an urgency because the snakes are supposedly loose in the neighborhood and people have a natural fear of snakes. reporter: the suspect says snakes are on the loose and she needs to set traps in your backyard to catch them. she then, police say, distracts the victims outside for about 30 minutes an then the other suspects come in and steal your stuff. in either case, the violation they feel for having their house entered, you can t put a price on it. reporter: people in the neighborhood where the snake scam took place do not recognize the woman in the sketch but say their sense of security is shaken. police are now asking people in the neighborhoods to review their security cameras and see if they caught anything suspicious and they want to remind the public if someone
on american interest. live in studio with the syrian expert at 545. catherine? to catherine: now to a developing story. the bay bridge shutdown. crews are trying to hook up the new eastern span, before the tuesday re- opening deadline. while bay area drivers come up with alternate routes to the east bay. you re looking live at the view - from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. we ll have more on the traffic impact in a moment. but first lets get a to dan kerman. he s live at the bay bridge toll palza. with a construction update. dan? reporter: we have a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. an unusal sight no commuters just work crews. reporter: now we are focused on tuesday morning in all is on schedule. if you look right here this is the open side of the toll plaza appeared yesterday they were still punching holes in be pavement. and a grinding it up. now is clearly black talk. the vehicle over here is striking the area so they are making a lot of prog
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