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San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Second Crossing

 San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Second Crossing
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Presented at IABSE Conference: Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013, published in , pp. 618-619
DOI: 10.2749/222137813806548613
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Built in the 1930’s, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reached its capacity to adequately carry traffic in the 1980’s. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the bridge’s West crossing was reinf...
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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Conference: Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013
Published in:
Page(s): 618-619 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 618-619
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2013
DOI: 10.2749/222137813806548613
Abstract:

Built in the 1930’s, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge reached its capacity to adequately carry traffic in the 1980’s. After the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the bridge’s West crossing was reinforced and its East crossing is currently being replaced in its entirety (Fig.1). Despite these improvements, the traffic capacity of Northern California’s busiest highway link remains unchanged -- clearly inadequate for the current demands of Bay Area Traffic. The authors discuss a creative alternative to the proposed demolition plans for the soon-to-be-retired East crossing elements: reusing these structures as part of a new, separate crossing. This paper describes several potential benefits of relocating and converting these existing steel structures into a new bridge, including nearly doubling current traffic capacity, as well as significant time/cost savings.

Keywords:
bridge reinforcement Reinforcing retrofitting traffic reuse Oakland San Francisco Loma Prieta