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2009 Coverage, Of The Oakland Bay Bridge, Eastern Span Replacement, San Francisco Bay, California

New Support Ready 2009
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Here the new support could be seen clean, finished, and ready for the roadway to extend to it.

Eastern Span Replacement internal link   •  Of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge   •  Taken from the Alameda Ferry   •  (Photo posted Monday 30 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 13:12:26 Saturday 20 June 2009)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #131206_5336BCX
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Cranes On Barges 2009
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Cranes on barges were used to build the bridge. Huge cranes with huge piles of counterweight blocks because of the huge weight of steel components being lifted.

Eastern Span Replacement internal link   •  Of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge   •  Taken from the Alameda Ferry   •  (Photo posted Monday 30 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 13:12:38 Saturday 20 June 2009)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #131238_5338BCX
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Careful Construction 2009
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The new construction on Yerba Buena Island had to avoid damaging old fort structures and mature trees growing on the island. Notice also that the new S-curve was waiting on the left to be slid into place.

Eastern Span Replacement internal link   •  Of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge   •  Taken from the Alameda Ferry   •  (Photo posted Monday 30 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 13:13:18 Saturday 20 June 2009)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #131318_5339BCX
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Temporary Support 2009
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The part of the new roadway connecting Yerba Island to the the free-standing center support needed something under it to hold the roadway up while the cables were installed. This was one of those temporary supports.

Eastern Span Replacement internal link   •  Of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge   •  Taken from the Alameda Ferry   •  (Photo posted Monday 30 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 13:14:14 Saturday 20 June 2009)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #131414_5342BCX
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Ditto To The East 2009
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The connection of the new roadway to the new center support also had to be held up under temporary supports until the cables could be installed. These were the temporary supports on the eastern side.

Eastern Span Replacement internal link   •  Of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge   •  Taken from the Alameda Ferry   •  (Photo posted Monday 30 August 2010)   •  (Photo taken 13:20:26 Saturday 20 June 2009)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #132026_5353BCX
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