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Title	The new east span : history in the making [website]
Record ID	12645
Corporate Creator	NewBayBridge.org
Corporate Contributor	California Alliance for Jobs
Publisher	NewBayBridge.org
Publication Date	20030311
Abstract	The replacement of the east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge is one of Northern California largest and most expensive building projects in recent history. The 2.18 mile long span will connect the Oakland shore to Yerba Buena Island. It will boast the world's first single-tower self-anchored suspension span and some of the largest and heaviest components ever seen in bridge-building. The new East Span incorporates several state-of-the-art seismic safety features, such as a shock-absorbing hinge system built into the bridge deck. A "lifeline" bridge, the East Span has been designed to provide service within 48 hours of a damaging earthquake, keeping emergency vehicles, people and commerce moving across the Bay. This site illustrates and describes every phase of the new East Span construction. The site explains the need for the new bridge, the challanges of the site, seismic safety considerations, and basic design features. This site also tells the stories and shows the faces and the spirit of the people engaged in the great enterprise of building a new landmark for the Bay Area. All material on the NewBayBridge.org web site is copyrighted by NewBayBridge.org unless otherwise indicated. It is for the personal use of the public. NewBayBridge.org is owned and managed by the California Alliance for Jobs, a non-profit labor-management partnership representing the heavy construction industry of Northern and Central California.
TRT Terms	Suspension bridges ; Earthquake resistant design ; Earthquake engineering ; Bridge design ; Home pages (Websites) ; Websites (Information retrieval)
General Subjects	Oakland (California); San Francisco Bay Area; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; Single-tower self-anchored suspension span bridges; Yerba Buena Island (California)
Classification	NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Bridges and Structures; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Construction and Maintenance; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Design; NTL - HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION - Soils and Geology; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety
Geographical Coverage	Oakland (California); San Francisco Bay Area
Resource type	Web Document
URL	http://www.newbaybridge.org
Format	HTML
Language:	English
Database	Other Transportation Web Sites