The Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland my not be as iconic as the Golden Gate but it’s a vital traffic artery nonetheless. So how do you reconstruct the span without delaying its 280,000 daily commuters? Very carefully.
This is a shot from the top of the new single tower — 160m tall, the largest of its kind. Now that the Cable Saddle is in place, workers have begun stringing the 1.6km-long suspension cable that will support and stabilise the deck. The $US6.3 billion project is scheduled for completion in 2013. [Popular Science]
Wardski
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 9:42 AMPopular Science webpage not found… FAIL
pauly7
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 12:32 PMThat’s because PopSci AU are back to URL jacking all traffic to Popsci.com, and redirecting it to the AU site… that doesn’t have the story.
A good way to kill off a brand.
Puffinfresh
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 1:55 PMDoesn’t Gizmodo do the same?
DarthDVD
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 3:42 PMWith Gizmodo you can get to the USA site…. there appears to be no way to get to the popscience site with the artical about the bridge
Dan
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 12:54 PMWorkaround for AU visitors:
http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://www.popsci.com/bown/2011/product/east-span-san-francisco-oakland-bay-bridge