eastern span. when traffic returns, drivers will be crossing a $6.4 billion bridge. they started diverting traffic just after 7:00 tonight. the highway patrol ran traffic breakses. then officers set up road ramps at all the access roads that lead to the bridge from oakland and emeryville and from across the bay in san francisco. news chopper 2 was overhead for the closure. right now, we have live team coverage. ken wayne is live in the north bay at a major traffic bottle neck. noel walker is in san francisco, where she saw drivers being turned away. we begin with eric rasmussen live at the toll plaza where work has been going on for two hours. reporter: this all got started as soon as the chp officially closed off bridge to traffic at 8:03 p.m. the two main jobs tonight are demolition and grinding. we ve got a front row seat. grinders are working on tearing up the surface of the road here on the oakland side of the bridge. they tell us crews will have torn up 1.2 square
traffic just after 7:00 tonight. the highway patrol ran traffic breakses. then officers set up road ramps at all the access roads that lead to the bridge from oakland and emeryville and from across the bay in san francisco. news chopper 2 was overhead for the closure. right now, we have live team coverage. ken wayne is live in the north bay at a major traffic bottle neck. noel walker is in san francisco, where she saw drivers being turned away. we begin with eric rasmussen live at the toll plaza where work has been going on for two hours. reporter: this all got started as soon as the chp officially closed off bridge to traffic at 8:03 p.m. the two main jobs tonight are demolition and grinding. we ve got a front row seat. grinders are working on tearing up the surface of the road here on the oakland side of the bridge. they tell us crews will have torn up 1.2 square miles of road. it is all part of the carefully choreographed plan to get the new span open to traffic no lat
get ready to connect that area to the new span. so we re keeping an eye on that on this thursday morning, august 29. thanks for joining us. i m pam cook. good morning. i m dave clark. you ready for a busy day? i think so. i think we are too. stepping outside the door you ll probably notice more cloud cover. the clouds spanning in coverage. livermore one of the few spots out toward fairfield reporting mostly clear skies. current temperatures are in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. not a big change here. off to a mild start this morning for the coast. areas of fog and drizzle that will impact your visibility so keep that in mind in the short term. then into the afternoon hours, patchy fog, 63 to 68 degrees. right around the bay, basically the same deal at 8:00 this morning. then more sunshine as we gratdually strip gradually strip away the clouds. inland neighborhoods even patchy fog this morning. that s a difference compared to yesterday at this time and going to warm
team coverage ahead on mornings on 2. it s often been referred to as the work horse of bay area bridges. but this morning, the bay bridge is closed. you are taking a live look at the toll plaza. that old eastern span will never reopen. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. i m claudine wong in for tori campbell. good morning. good morning. i m dave clark. let s check the weather. the weather will affect this already complicated commute. mark tamayo is in for steve. reporter: good morning. a lot of cloud cover out there. i just took a walk outside and saw some breaks in the overcast. we re starting off with partly to mostly cloudy skies. some patchy dense fog. santa clara reporting mostly sunny skies. you can see one of the breaks closer to sfo. there is a closer inspection of the break in the cloud cover. in the south bay, san jose reporting mostly cloudy skies. we re starting off with some overcast this morning and stepping outside the door right now. tempera
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